Classic Aircraft Corp WACO YMF
N226HS is a Classic Aircraft Corp WACO YMF, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lake Forest, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2002 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 29, 1989.
Where is it now Last seen October 30 at 2:07 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Classic Aircraft Corp
- Model
- WACO YMF · all WACO YMFs 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 new-production Waco biplane, built the old way: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric. This is how the Classic Aircraft Corp WACO YMF 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
- F5-026
- 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 R755B SERIES · 275 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1989
- Transponder code
- A1F80B (octal 50374013)
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, 2002
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 29, 1989
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00944691
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Obrien Jerry 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
- 624 Highview Ter
Lake Forest, IL 60045-3227
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N226HS links to the rest of the register
- Classic Aircraft Corp WACO YMF 46 registered
- Classic Aircraft Corp 46 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
- Jacobs R755B series 210 aircraft with this engine series · 275 hp
- Lake Forest, IL 14 aircraft registered in this town
- Illinois 8,069 aircraft registered
- Where N226HS is now · Last seen October 30 at 2:07 pm.
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The public federal record on N226HS, 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 Obrien Jerry M, an individual, certificate issued July 15, 2002, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated September 29, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F5-026 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N226HS 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]
1 NTSB record under N226HS: Accident on June 22, 1990 at Plymouth, CT: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Classic Aircraft CORP. WACO · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO CORRECTLY RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: IMPROPER USE OF THE BRAKES BY THE PILOT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data