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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 4, 2026Taylorcraft BC12-D
N49368 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 Las Vegas, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 27, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. 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 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
- 7692
- 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
- A61E88 (octal 51417210)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 27, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 27, 2024
- 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
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00090625
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nelson Henry S
- 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
- 7475 W Charleston Blvd Apt 66
Las Vegas, NV 89117-1427
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N49368 links to the rest of the register
- Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D 1,224 registered
- Taylorcraft 1,897 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
- Las Vegas, NV 1,135 aircraft registered in this town
- Harry Reid International · LAS
- Henderson Executive · HND
- North Las Vegas Airport · VGT
- Nevada 4,589 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
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N49368.json.
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The public federal record on N49368, 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 Nelson Henry S, an individual, certificate issued July 27, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 7692 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N49368 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]
2 NTSB records under N49368: Accident on June 21, 2019 at Yerington, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 16, 1991 at Las Vegas, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Taylorcraft BC12 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to properly secure the airplane before hand propping it, which resulted in the unmanned airplane moving and colliding with a fence.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Taylorcraft DC12-D · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 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 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data