Aircraft Description
N281TA is a 1969 Mcdonnell Douglas TA-4J, a single-engine turbo-jet aircraft registered to Boeing Company in Berkeley, MO. This aircraft holds a experimental airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on June 15, 2024. The registration certificate was issued on February 26, 2020. The registration is set to expire on February 28, 2030. Powered by a P & W J52-P-8B engine producing 9300 pounds of thrust, N281TA is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A2D35C (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N281TA was last updated on October 7, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing) was a major American aircraft manufacturer that produced the F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet, DC-10, and MD-80 series commercial airliners. AviatorDB tracks 275 Mcdonnell Douglas aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the TA-4J model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N281TA. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-15 01:32:20 UTC