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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N39979

Taylorcraft BF

Valid Texas

N39979 is a Taylorcraft BF, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Temple, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 30, 2017 and expires on August 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BF
Serial number
6638
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A4A7A7 (octal 51123647)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 30, 2017
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00117418

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hinkle Donald C
Type
Individual
Address
11591 Pritchard Rd
Temple, TX 76501-7435

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