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N82U

Funk B85C

Valid Texas

N82U is a Funk B85C, 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 Seadrift, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 7, 1997 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

Aircraft

Maker
Funk
Model
B85C
Serial number
271
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
84 mph
Transponder code
AB3044 (octal 52630104)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 7, 1997
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 6, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00604802

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smedley Randal C
Type
Individual
Address
5291 State Highway 185 E
Seadrift, TX 77983-4165

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1971-02-16Beech D18S · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data