N89FADouglas C-54
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- South African Air Lease LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Clayton, MO
- Certificate issued
- Mar 13, 2012
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Transport
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 11, 1979
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
- Douglas
- Model
- C-54
- Serial number
- 27249
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 60
- Engines
- 4
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,000 and over lb
- Mode S code
- AC4379
Engine
- Type
- Reciprocating
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2012 – nowSouth African Air Lease LLCClayton, MO · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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.
- Reciprocating engine · engine · making metalSep 15, 2000
ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM HSV, THE NR 4 ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO 50 PSI. THE FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO HSV. THE OIL PRESSURE NEVER WENT BELOW 50 PSI AND THERE WAS NO OVERTEMP CONDITION. THE PROPELLER WAS NOT FEATHERED. ON INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE, METAL WAS FOUND IN THE FRONT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026