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N5498N

Aeronca 7BCM

Valid Alabama

N5498N is an Aeronca 7BCM, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Farmer Richard M, a partnership in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

Aircraft

Maker
Aeronca
Model
7BCM
Serial number
7BCM-251
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A6FCD8 (octal 51576330)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 22, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 22, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00243365

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Farmer Richard M
Type
Partnership
Address
1420 Bear Creek Rd
Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
Co-owners
Burke Kevin E

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