N2872GConsolidated Vultee P4Y-2
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Yanks Air Museum
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Baldwin Park, CA
- Certificate issued
- Aug 26, 2022
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Agriculture and Pest Control, Forest
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 20, 1960
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
- P4Y-2
- Serial number
- 66300
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Amphibian
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 4
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- A2EAA1
Engine
- Make and model
- Wright C14ab Ac Ba
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 1700 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2022 – nowYanks Air MuseumBaldwin Park, CA · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 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 (1)
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.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-18-01 | General Dynamics (Convair) Model P4Y-2 Airplanes, General Dynamics (Consolidated-Vultee)… | Sep 18, 2003 | Airframe (P4Y-2) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
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.
- Wings · spar cap · crackedJul 17, 2007
WHILE PERFORMING AD 2003-18-01, CRACKS WERE FOUND UNDER THE LT LOWER, FWD, SPAR CAP DOUBLER IN THE CAP, SPAR WEB AND THE DOUBLER ITSELF. CRACKS WERE ALSO FOUND IN THE WING SKIN CUTOUTS AT ALL 4 LOWER CENTER WING BELT FRAME CUT-OUTS. RT FWD LOWER SPAR CAP CRACKED IN (2) PLACES UNDER THE DOUBLER.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Wings · spar cap · crackedJan 31, 2007
WHILE PERFORMING THE REQUIREMENTS IN AD 2003-18-01, CRACKS WERE NOTED THRU-OUT THE WING. THE MAJOR CRACK IS A 4-5 INCH CRACK IN THE FWD LT LOWER SPAR CAP AFT ANGLE AT THE WING ATTACH POINT TO THE BELT FRAME. THE CRACK IS IN THE ANGLE (SPAR CAP AFT LEG), DOUBLER AND SPAR WEB. THERE ARE ALSO CRACKS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026