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N20442

Taylorcraft BL-65

Valid Maryland

N20442 is a Taylorcraft BL-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1939. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Smithsburg, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 25, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 6, 1939.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BL-65
Serial number
1130
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-145-B2 · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1939
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A1A3DE (octal 50321736)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 25, 2015
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
September 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · January 6, 1939
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00101112

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Young Thomas E
Type
Individual
Address
23021 Eagle Nest Rd
Smithsburg, MD 21783-1411

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