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N96853

Taylorcraft BC12-D

Valid Indiana

N96853 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 Montgomery, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 1, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 10, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BC12-D
Serial number
9153
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
AD7D01 (octal 53276401)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 1, 2022
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 10, 1975
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00404130

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Plank Lester L
Type
Individual
Address
3154 S 600 E
Montgomery, IN 47558-5582

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