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N96978

Taylorcraft BC12-D

Valid Delaware

N96978 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 Georgetown, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 6, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 28, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BC12-D
Serial number
9278
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
AD8103 (octal 53300403)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 6, 2017
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 28, 1955
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00994120

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Abbott Gerald L
Type
Individual
Address
22735 Asbury Rd
Georgetown, DE 19947-4142

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