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N21253

Taylorcraft BC-65

Valid Ohio

N21253 is a Taylorcraft BC-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1938. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cincinnati, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 3, 1984 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 28, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BC-65
Serial number
1045
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1938
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A1C413 (octal 50342023)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 3, 1984
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 28, 1957
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00081412

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Brightwell W Stephen
Type
Individual
Address
4265 Delmont Dr
Cincinnati, OH 45245

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