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A Monocoupe 110, the same model family as N501W
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N501W

Monocoupe 110 SPECIAL

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIowa

N501W is a Monocoupe 110 SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ottumwa, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 11, 2022 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.

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Aircraft

Maker
Monocoupe
Model
110 SPECIAL · all 110 SPECIALs and related versions
Built of
steel tube, wood and fabric
A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. A steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings under fabric. This is how the Monocoupe 110 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
5W47
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 · Warner SS40&50 · 90 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
131 mph
Transponder code
A63F9B (octal 51437633)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
November 11, 2022
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 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
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00190965

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Taylor Benjamin L
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
22001 Bluegrass Rd
Ottumwa, IA 52501-8569

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 N501W links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Ottumwa, IA 72 aircraft registered in this town
  • Ottumwa Regional · OTM
  • Iowa 4,503 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N501W, 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 Taylor Benjamin L, an individual, certificate issued November 11, 2022, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

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

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5W47 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N501W 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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N501W: Accident on April 12, 2016 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 15, 2006 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 2

GAA16CA190Accident on April 12, 2016 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Monocoupe 110 · operated under 091

The pilot's incorrect installation of the tailwheel steering bungee, which resulted in a runway excursion and airplane nose over.

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LAX07CA010Accident on October 15, 2006 at Chandler, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Monocoupe 110 Special · operated under 091

the failure of the forward left main landing gear attach point resulting in loss of control.

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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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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