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N54981

Taylorcraft DC-65

N54981 is a Taylorcraft DC-65, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marshville, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 3, 1992 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 15, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
DC-65
Serial number
5651
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
A6FCE5 (octal 51576345)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 3, 1992
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 15, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00103365

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Medlin Wayne D
Type
Individual
Address
3122 Lanesboro Rd
Marshville, NC 28103-8535

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