Temco GC-1B
N2455B is a Temco GC-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Huntsville, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 20, 2009 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 21, 1974.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Temco
- Model
- GC-1B · all GC-1Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Temco GC-1 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
- 3755
- 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 · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1952
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A2459B (octal 50442633)
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 20, 2009
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 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 · May 21, 1974
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00332682
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gillaspie Wade
- 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
- 1000 Airport Dr
Huntsville, TX 77320-8437
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2455B links to the rest of the register
- Temco GC-1 115 registered
- Temco 130 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,931 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Huntsville, TX 63 aircraft registered in this town
- Huntsville Municipal · UTS
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N2455B, 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 Gillaspie Wade, an individual, certificate issued January 20, 2009, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 21, 1974, 22 years after the 1952 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]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3755 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2455B 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 N2455B: Accident on September 21, 2007 at New Smyrna Bch, FL: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Temco GC-1B · operated under 091
A loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which was the result of a blocked fuel tank vent.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data