Waco UPF-7
N32186 is a Waco UPF-7, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1942. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Warroad, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 21, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 18, 1942.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Waco
- Model
- UPF-7 · all UPF-7s and related versions
- Serial number
- 5812
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1942
- Cruising speed
- 165 mph
- Transponder code
- A37596 (octal 50672626)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 21, 2021
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 18, 1942
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00051773
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Erickson Kirk E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 879
Warroad, MN 56763-0879
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N32186, 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 Erickson Kirk E, an individual, certificate issued August 21, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 18, 1942, consistent with the 1942 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5812 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N32186 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-32-300 (serial 32-7540020, cancelled December 19, 1974). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N32186: Accident on October 17, 1999 at Jean, NV: no injuries, minor damage. 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: Waco UPF7 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout while taxiing for departure. Factors in the accident were: the narrow nature of the taxiway and the pilot's subsequent inability to S-turn for better forward visibility, and, the pilot allowing himself to become distracted with minor cockpit duties while moving on the ground.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX00LA011 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data