N249271940 Consolidated Vultee RLB3O
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- American Airpower Heritage Fly Museu
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Dallas, TX
- Certificate issued
- Sep 6, 1991
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 22, 2003
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Consolidated Vultee
- Model
- RLB3O
- Year
- 1940
- Serial number
- 18
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 3
- Engines
- 4
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A2542C
Engine
- Make and model
- P & W R-1830 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 1350 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1991 – nowAmerican Airpower Heritage Fly MuseuDallas, TX · current
- 1939 – 1941Brayton Flyng Service INCRobertson, MO · different airframe: Piper J3f-50 S/N 3541
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Hydraulic power · line · rupturedJul 19, 2012
A HYD SYSTEM FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THIS RUPTURED HYD HARD LINE ON THE EXIT SIDE OF THE SYS PRESSURE UNLOADER VALVE. FAILURE WAS APPARENTLY DUE TO FATIGUE AND TIGHT BEND RADIUS. EDDY CURRENT INSPECTIONS ARE NOT ACCOMPLISHED ON TUBING: UNFEASIBLE AND UNREALISTIC TO DO SO. AN…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026