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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Taylorcraft F21B
N4418F is a Taylorcraft F21B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Manley Hot Springs, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 12, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 13, 1986.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Taylorcraft
- Model
- F21B · all F21Bs 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 F21 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
- F1514
- 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 · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A551CA (octal 51250712)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 12, 2026
- Expires
- January 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- January 12, 2026
- 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 13, 1986
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00202876
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Dyer Jon A
- 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
- 44 Tofty Rd
Manley Hot Springs, AK 99756
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4418F links to the rest of the register
- Taylorcraft F21 13 registered
- Taylorcraft 1,898 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-235 series 6,133 aircraft with this engine series · 115 hp
- Manley Hot Springs, AK 15 aircraft registered in this town
- Manley Hot Springs Airport · MLY
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-235 series 13 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-235 series 20 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N4418F, 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 Dyer Jon A, an individual, certificate issued January 12, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial F1514 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4418F according to the deregistered file. [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 N4418F: Accident on July 6, 2002 at Somerville, TN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Taylorcraft F21B · operated under 091
The pilot's improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and damage to the airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data