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N17734

Waco YKS-7

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew Hampshire

N17734 is a Waco YKS-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1937. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2016 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated November 16, 1956.

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Aircraft

Maker
Waco
Model
YKS-7 · all YKS-7s and related versions
Built of
steel tube, wood and fabric
A 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 YKS-7 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
4636
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
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
5
Year built
1937
Cruising speed
123 mph
Transponder code
A1360C (octal 50233014)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 15, 2016
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 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 · November 16, 1956
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00062450

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fawcett Walter L JR
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
123 Penn Air Rd
Wolfeboro, NH 03894-4552

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N17734 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Wolfeboro, NH 25 aircraft registered in this town
  • New Hampshire 1,564 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N17734, 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 Fawcett Walter L JR, an individual, certificate issued July 15, 2016, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 16, 1956, 19 years after the 1937 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4636 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N17734 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N17734: Accident on May 13, 2016 at Millersburg, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

GAA16CA238Accident on May 13, 2016 at Millersburg, OH: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waco YKS 7 · operated under 091

The pilot's loss of directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions resulting in excessive brake application, and airplane nose over.

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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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data