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N50817

Taylorcraft DCO-65

N50817 is a Taylorcraft DCO-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Seattle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 1985 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 13, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
DCO-65
Serial number
4587
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1942
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
A65A43 (octal 51455103)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 2, 1985
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · September 13, 1955
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00651205

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Minard Richard O
Type
Individual
Address
12019 75Th Ave S
Seattle, WA 98178

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