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N96970

Universal TAYLORCRAFT BCS12D85

Valid Alaska

N96970 is an Universal TAYLORCRAFT BCS12D85, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Delta Junction, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 5, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 11, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Universal
Model
TAYLORCRAFT BCS12D85
Serial number
9270
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
AD80FB (octal 53300373)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 5, 2022
Expires
January 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · April 11, 1957
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00774100

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Harbison Seward W
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 1427
Delta Junction, AK 99737-1427
Co-owners
Harbison Dawn M

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