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N3KL, a Taylorcraft BCS12-D
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026
N3KL

Taylorcraft BCS12-D

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N3KL is a Taylorcraft BCS12-D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tok, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 2010 and expires on May 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 11, 1955.

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Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BCS12-D · all BCS12-Ds and related versions
Built of
steel tube and fabric
The fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Taylorcraft BCS12 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
8283
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
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A31B8C (octal 50615614)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
May 20, 2010
Expires
May 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 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 · August 11, 1955
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00691997

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Atchley Arron T
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
PO Box 525
Tok, AK 99780-0525

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N3KL links to the rest of the register

Design
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N3KL, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Atchley Arron T, an individual, certificate issued May 20, 2010, expires May 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 8283 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N3KL according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N3KL. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data