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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Dayton A Dabbs MAGNI M-16
N317KD is a Dayton A Dabbs MAGNI M-16, a gyroplane with a piston engine, built in 2016. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gold River, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 18, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 22, 2016.
Where is it now Last seen Friday at 3:04 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Dayton A Dabbs
- Model
- MAGNI M-16 · all MAGNI M-16s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A gyroplane: an open steel-tube frame. This is how the Dayton A Dabbs MAGNI M-16 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
- 16169634
- Type
- GyroplaneFAA type of aircraft code 9 (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 · Rotax 914UL · 115 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2016
- Kit
- MAGNI GYRO SRL MAGNI M-16
- Transponder code
- A361B7 (octal 50660667)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 18, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 18, 2025
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 22, 2016
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01220058
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Silva Ronald C
- 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
- 11364 Volcano Ct
Gold River, CA 95670-7218
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N317KD links to the rest of the register
- Dayton A Dabbs MAGNI M-16 6 registered
- Dayton A Dabbs 6 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rotax 914UL 305 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Gold River, CA 9 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- Where N317KD is now · Last seen Friday at 3:04 pm.
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The public federal record on N317KD, 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 Silva Ronald C, an individual, certificate issued June 18, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated June 22, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 16169634 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N317KD 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 N317KD: Accident on January 13, 2018 at Point Venture, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Dayton A Dabbs MAGNI M-16 · operated under 091
The loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident engine test run showed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation, and the pilot's decision to conduct the flight at a low altitude.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data