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N54176

Taylorcraft DCO-65

Valid Indiana

N54176 is a Taylorcraft DCO-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Paragon, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 15, 2017 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 24, 1959.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
DCO-65
Serial number
6046
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
A6DF0F (octal 51557417)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 15, 2017
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 24, 1959
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00843065

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Balzer Francis X
Type
Individual
Address
2467 S Arthur Rd
Paragon, IN 46166-9549

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