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N40099, a Taylorcraft BC12-D
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N40099

Taylorcraft BC12-D

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N40099 is a Taylorcraft BC12-D, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Palm Bay, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 14, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Taylorcraft
Model
BC12-D · all BC12-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 BC12 BC-12D 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
7799
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 · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A4B056 (octal 51130126)

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 14, 2021
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 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
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00860994

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mckiernan Patrick J
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
2084 Clover St NE
Palm Bay, FL 32905-5236

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N40099 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Palm Bay, FL 48 aircraft registered in this town
  • Florida 21,702 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N40099.json.

Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N40099, 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 Mckiernan Patrick J, an individual, certificate issued June 14, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

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

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7799 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N40099 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 N40099. 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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data