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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 13, 2026Taylorcraft BC12-D
N43415 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 Whitefish, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 26, 2023 and expires on December 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Taylorcraft
- Model
- BC12-D · all BC12-Ds and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe 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
- 7074
- 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
- A53493 (octal 51232223)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 26, 2023
- Expires
- December 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- December 26, 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
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00132278
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Muth Dillon 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
- 1160 Martin Creek Ln
Whitefish, MT 59937-8747
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 1
Connections how N43415 links to the rest of the register
- Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D 1,224 registered
- Taylorcraft 1,896 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental A65 / C65 series 7,964 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Whitefish, MT 84 aircraft registered in this town
- Whitefish Airport · 58S
- Montana 6,041 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D 10 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D 9 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D 86 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N43415, 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 Muth Dillon J, an individual, certificate issued December 26, 2023, expires December 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7074 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N43415 according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (November 9, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N43415: Accident on December 23, 2023 at Whitefish, MT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Taylorcraft BC12-D · operated under 091
The failure of the airport authorities to renew the airport closure NOTAM for the airport. Contributing to the accident, was the pilot’s inability to see the runway closure sign.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 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 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data