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N11872

Universal Moulded Products MONOCOACH

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon

N11872 is an Universal Moulded Products MONOCOACH, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, a corporation in Hood River, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2020 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 15, 2002.

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Aircraft

Maker
Universal Moulded Products
Model
MONOCOACH
Serial number
5012
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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 760A B D E&ET · 250 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
132 mph
Transponder code
A04D53 (octal 50046523)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 12, 2020
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 15, 2002
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00216421

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
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
1600 Air Museum Rd
Hood River, OR 97031-9800

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1989-01-04Cessna 150L · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N11872, 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 Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum, a corporation, certificate issued May 12, 2020, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5012 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N11872 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150L (serial 15075676, cancelled January 4, 1989). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N11872: Accident on August 17, 2004 at Pullman, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 17, 1987 at Danville, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 2

SEA04LA162Accident on August 17, 2004 at Pullman, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Universal Moulded Pdts. Monocoach · operated under 091

The failure of a landing gear oleo retaining nut safety clip (snap ring) at an unknown point in time, leading to the partial separation of the landing gear strut while in flight, and the full collapse of the strut during the subsequent landing. Factors include the grassy terrain that the pilot chose to execute the landing on.

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BFO87LA055Accident on August 17, 1987 at Danville, VA: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 15075676

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150L · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data