Aircraft Description
N89FA is a Douglas C-54, a four-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to South African Air Lease LLC in Clayton, MO. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on June 11, 1979. The registration certificate was issued on March 13, 2012. The registration is set to expire on March 31, 2028. The aircraft is configured with 60 seats. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is AC4379 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N89FA was last updated on April 28, 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 363 Douglas aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the C-54 model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N89FA. 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 Source
Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-15 01:32:20 UTC