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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N396RV

Michael Tripe THE FLYING TURD

N396RV is a Michael Tripe THE FLYING TURD, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cottonwood, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Michael Tripe
Model
THE FLYING TURD
Serial number
001
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A49A9E (octal 51115236)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 17, 2022
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01379927

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tripe Michael D
Type
Individual
Address
22507 Edgewater Dr
Cottonwood, CA 96022-7916

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