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N96479

Taylorcraft BC12-D

N96479 is a Taylorcraft BC12-D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Asheville, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 7, 2018 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 12, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BC12-D
Serial number
8779
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
AD6E71 (octal 53267161)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 7, 2018
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · February 12, 1956
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00544250

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith James L
Type
Individual
Address
199 Aurora Dr
Asheville, NC 28805-1741

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