Davis D-1-K
N158Y is a Davis D-1-K, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1930. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 8, 1996 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated May 15, 1964.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Davis
- Model
- D-1-K · all D-1-Ks 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 Davis D-1 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
- 508
- 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 · Cont Motor C125 SERIES · 125 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1930
- Cruising speed
- 106 mph
- Transponder code
- A0EA0D (octal 50165015)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 8, 1996
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 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 · May 15, 1964
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00401320
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Machamer John K
- 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
- 160 Cold Spring Rd
Gettysburg, PA 17325-7334
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N158Y links to the rest of the register
- Davis D-1 8 registered
- Davis 17 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
- Continental C125 series 322 aircraft with this engine series · 125 hp
- Gettysburg, PA 66 aircraft registered in this town
- Gettysburg Regional · W05
- Pennsylvania 6,188 aircraft registered
- Approved modifications for the Davis D-1 1 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Continental C125 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C125 series 2 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N158Y, 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 Machamer John K, an individual, certificate issued November 8, 1996, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 15, 1964, 34 years after the 1930 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 508 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N158Y 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 N158Y: Accident on May 15, 1994 at East Haddam, CT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 29, 1991 at Chester, CT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Davis DK-1 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER GLIDEPATH DURING LANDING APPROACH.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Davis D1K · operated under 091
IMPROPER MAINTENANCE ON THE ENGINE WHICH RESULTED IN A POWER LOSS DUE TO A STUCK EXHAUST VALVE AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING IN UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
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 September 30, 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