N43597 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Pfaff Norman C XAIR built in 2000. The FAA cancelled the registration on December 2, 2014. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Pfaff Norman C XAIR cancelled December 2, 2014
- Serial number
- 579
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 2000
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 8, 2014
- Last FAA action
- September 8, 2014
- Last owner
- Johnston Ronnie L (Individual)
Socorro, NM - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built
Taylorcraft BC12-D1 cancelled January 16, 1998
- Serial number
- 7256
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- August 3, 1993
- Last FAA action
- October 15, 1997
- Last owner
- Robertson Aleck D Trustee (Co-owned)
Apache Junction, AZ - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N43597
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Taylorcraft BC12D · serial 7256
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE WHILE MANEUVERING IN HIGH, MOUNTAINOUS, TERRAIN. THE TERRAIN AND THE DOWNDRAFTS WERE FACTORS.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site