Fairchild 24 | TailFax

The Fairchild 24, a 1930s three/four-seat cabin monoplane revived after the war as the 24R-46 (175-200 hp Ranger inverted inline six) and 24W-46 (165 hp Warner Super Scarab radial), built 1946-48. The A and S suffixes are registry spellings of the same aircraft; the UC-61 Argus was the wartime military version.

The variants

MODEL	YEARS	ACTIVE	TAILFAX SCORE	WHAT CHANGED
24R-46	1946–1948	50	Partial 3.7/30	175-200 hp Ranger inline
24R-46A	1946–1948	15	—	Registry spelling of the 24R-46
24R-46S	1946–1948	1	—	Registry spelling of the 24R-46
24W-46	1946–1948	53	—	165 hp Warner Super Scarab
24W-46S	1946–1948	1	—	Registry spelling of the 24W-46

Family fleet, active

120

FAA registry

NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs

8.3

1 events over 120 active aircraft, pooled across the family

Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30