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N187T

Phillip Benson/Barney Fletcher AVID MARK IV

Valid Texas

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.

Aircraft

Maker
Phillip Benson/Barney Fletcher
Model
AVID MARK IV
Serial number
1426D
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Subaru EA-81 · 100 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2018
Transponder code
A15C56 (octal 50256126)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 30, 2026
Expires
August 31, 2033
Last FAA action
August 30, 2026
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · November 28, 2018
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01286700

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gearen Dempsey JR
Type
Individual
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

2011-10-05Cessna 421C · exported to Venezuela · Sale reported
1994-12-21Bingelis T-40 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1970-07-30Piper PA-18 105 · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Gearen Dempsey JR, an individual, certificate issued August 30, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 28, 2018, consistent with the 2018 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1426D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

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]

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 N187T: Accident on September 24, 1988 at Georgetown, TX: serious injuries, destroyed. 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

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

FTW88DRG13Accident on September 24, 1988 at Georgetown, TX: serious injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: 145

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

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data