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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N11609

Pitcairn PCA2

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWisconsin

N11609 is a Pitcairn PCA2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1931. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Eaa Aviation Foundation INC, a corporation in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 21, 2006 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Pitcairn
Model
PCA2
Serial number
B-27
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Wright 975E&F-2&3 · 475 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1931
Cruising speed
95 mph
Transponder code
A044F7 (octal 50042367)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 21, 2006
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00421200

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Eaa Aviation Foundation INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
PO Box 3086
Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N11609 links to the rest of the register

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The public federal record on N11609, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Eaa Aviation Foundation INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 21, 2006, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial B-27 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N11609 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N11609. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data