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N23872

Taylorcraft BF

N23872 is a Taylorcraft BF, 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 Minot, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 10, 1997 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 21, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BF
Serial number
1508
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1939
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A229A0 (octal 50424640)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 10, 1997
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · May 21, 1957
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00132422

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Carlson Elmo J
Type
Individual
Address
627 18Th St NW
Minot, ND 58703-1957

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