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N163BP

Bell/Pond P-63C KING COBRA

N163BP is a Bell/Pond P-63C KING COBRA, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1945. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Palm Springs Air Museum, a corporation in Palm Springs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 26, 1999 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated September 29, 1992.

Aircraft

Maker
Bell/Pond
Model
P-63C KING COBRA
Serial number
091263RP
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Allison V1710 SERIES · 1500 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1945
Transponder code
A0FCFA (octal 50176372)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 26, 1999
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Exhibition · September 29, 1992
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00083922

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Palm Springs Air Museum
Type
Corporation
Address
745 N Gene Trail
Palm Springs, CA 92262

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data