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N181BM

Smith-Dwight BIRDMAN TL-1A

Valid Michigan

N181BM is a Smith-Dwight BIRDMAN TL-1A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 14, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Smith-Dwight
Model
BIRDMAN TL-1A
Serial number
181
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A14488 (octal 50242210)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 14, 2020
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00672560

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Dwight S
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 1960
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1960

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

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