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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026Phillip Benson/Barney Fletcher AVID MARK IV
N187T is a Phillip Benson/Barney Fletcher AVID MARK IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2018. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waller, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 30, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 28, 2018.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Phillip Benson/Barney Fletcher
- Model
- AVID MARK IV
- Serial number
- 1426D
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Subaru EA-81 · 100 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2018
- Transponder code
- A15C56 (octal 50256126)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 30, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- August 30, 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 · November 28, 2018
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01286700
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gearen Dempsey 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
- 16705 Glen Rose Rd
Waller, TX 77484-5084
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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 N187T links to the rest of the register
- Phillip Benson/Barney Fletcher 1 aircraft on the register
- Subaru (converted) EA-81 23 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Waller, TX 120 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,956 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N187T, 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 Gearen Dempsey JR, an individual, certificate issued August 30, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 28, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1426D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N187T was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna 421C (serial 421C0077, cancelled October 5, 2011); Bingelis T-40 (serial 145, cancelled December 21, 1994); Piper PA-18 105 (serial 18-2301, cancelled July 30, 1970). 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 N187T: Accident on September 24, 1988 at Georgetown, TX: serious injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bingelis T-40 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT HE HAD NEVER FLOWN BEFORE, AS WELL AS, HIS INABILITY TO APPLY REMEDIAL ACTION AS REQUIRED FOR THE FLIGHT REGIME.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 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, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data