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A Brantly B-2, the same model family as N2129U
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N2129U

Brantly B-2

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois
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N2129U is a Brantly B-2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1962. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rockford, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 27, 1989 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Brantly
Model
B-2 · all B-2s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Brantly B-2 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
177
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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 · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
75 mph
Transponder code
A1C496 (octal 50342226)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 27, 1989
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 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
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00161452

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Marzich Frank M
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
787 Tulip Lane
Rockford, IL 61107

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N2129U links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N2129U, 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 Marzich Frank M, an individual, certificate issued January 27, 1989, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 177 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N2129U 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N2129U. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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

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