John S Craparo MAGNI M-16
N15069 is a John S Craparo MAGNI M-16, a gyroplane with a piston engine, built in 2015. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Taylor, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 1, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 4, 2015.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- John S Craparo
- Model
- MAGNI M-16
- Serial number
- 16148734
- Type
- GyroplaneFAA type of aircraft code 9 (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 · Rotax 914UL3 · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2015
- Kit
- MAGNI GYRO SRL MAGNI M-16
- Transponder code
- A0CD7B (octal 50146573)
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 1, 2026
- Expires
- May 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- May 1, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 4, 2015
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01168664
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dabbs Dayton Austin
- 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
- 3107 Davis St
Taylor, TX 76574-5132
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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 3
Connections how N15069 links to the rest of the register
- John S Craparo 1 aircraft on the register
- Rotax 914UL3 5 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Taylor, TX 17 aircraft registered in this town
- Taylor Municipal · T74
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Battery, inoperative · 2000-03-26
- Report filed on this aircraft: Angle, corroded · 1999-03-29
- Report filed on this aircraft: Actuator, failed · 1998-03-18
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The public federal record on N15069, 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 Dabbs Dayton Austin, an individual, certificate issued May 1, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 4, 2015, consistent with the 2015 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 16148734 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N15069 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 (serial 46584, cancelled May 14, 2004); Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-7340008, cancelled November 1, 1972); Kellett KD-1B AUTOGIRO (serial 101, cancelled January 31, 1956). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
1 NTSB record under N15069: Incident on September 7, 2000 at Amsterdam: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-10-30 · operated under 121
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data
