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Waco YMF
N14128 is a Waco YMF, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1934. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Claude, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 5, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 6, 1989.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Waco
- Model
- YMF · all YMFs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube, wood and fabricA welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. A biplane of the 1920s and 1930s: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric covering. This is how the Waco YMF family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 4213
- 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 · Jacobs L4 /R755-7 · 245 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1934
- Transponder code
- A0A926 (octal 50124446)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 5, 2023
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 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 · July 6, 1989
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00913210
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rex Eeds
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 9630 Juliet Rd
Claude, TX 79019-3826
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N14128 links to the rest of the register
- Waco YMF 14 registered
- Waco 657 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube, wood and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Jacobs L4 /R755-7 225 aircraft with this engine series · 245 hp
- Claude, TX 9 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,945 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Waco YMF 13 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Waco YMF 4 supplemental type certificates
- Failure reports on the Jacobs L4 /R755-7 16 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Stud, failed · 1995-08-29
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N14128.json.
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The public federal record on N14128, 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.
Valid registration to Rex Eeds, an individual, certificate issued January 5, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 6, 1989, 55 years after the 1934 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4213 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N14128 according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
2 NTSB records under N14128: Accident on July 28, 1997 at Lake Buena Vist, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 1, 1997 at Kissimmee, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waco YMF5 · operated under 091
failure of maintenance personnel to follow installation procedures pertaining to the torque of the propeller retention nut, which resulted in a loose propeller retention nut, subsequent fatigue failure of the crankshaft, and loss of engine power. The lack of suitable terrain for an emergency landing was a related factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waco WMF-5 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain direction control of the airplane after applying the brakes. A factor was the pilot's lack of familiarity with this make and model airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data