Waco UPF-7
N30136 is a Waco UPF-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Jim Franklin Aviation Service INC, a corporation in Ruidoso, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 28, 2010 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for exhibition, dated April 4, 1980.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Waco
- Model
- UPF-7 · all UPF-7s and related versions
- Serial number
- 5533
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1980
- Cruising speed
- 165 mph
- Transponder code
- A325E9 (octal 50622751)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 28, 2010
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Exhibition · April 4, 1980
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00311073
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jim Franklin Aviation Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 2526
Ruidoso, NM 88355-2526
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N30136, 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 Jim Franklin Aviation Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 28, 2010, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for exhibition, dated April 4, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5533 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N30136 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]
3 NTSB records under N30136: Accident on March 12, 2011 at Brownsville, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 12, 1997 at Springfield, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 3, 1982 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waco UPF-7 · operated under 091
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN11FA228 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waco UPF-7 · operated under 091
failure of the pilot to maintain safe altitude/clearance from the terrain. Factors relating to this accident were: the hazy weather condition, the resultant difficulty in keeping the other airplane in sight, and the pilot's diverted attention, while looking for the other airplane during the airshow routine.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI97LA211 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Waco UPF-7 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW83LA002 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data