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N96870

Taylorcraft BC12-D

N96870 is a Taylorcraft BC12-D, 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 Chatsworth, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 2, 2025 and expires on July 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 1, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BC12-D
Serial number
9170
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
AD7D44 (octal 53276504)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 2, 2025
Expires
July 31, 2032
Last FAA action
July 2, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · June 1, 1956
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00794140

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rensel Eric R
Type
Individual
Address
22271 Craggy View St
Chatsworth, CA 91311-2702

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