Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C
N57BC is an Aviat Aircraft Inc S-2C, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Tonawanda, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 9, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 9, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aviat Aircraft Inc
- Model
- S-2C · all S-2Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 6042
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-540 SER · 260 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2001
- Transponder code
- A74C2C (octal 51646054)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 9, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · January 9, 2001
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00113795
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Schenk Douglas E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 106 Wynnwood Ave
Tonawanda, NY 14150-8428
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.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N57BC, 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 Schenk Douglas E, an individual, certificate issued September 9, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated January 9, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 6042 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N57BC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Sky International Inc S-2C (serial 6004, cancelled December 1, 2003). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N57BC: Accident on February 12, 2016 at Santa Paula, CA: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on September 13, 2003 at Mountain View, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aviat Aircraft INC S-2 · operated under 091
The tailwheel pilot's failure to see and avoid a stationary airplane performing a run-up, which resulted in a ground collision.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16CA127 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aviat Pitts S-2C · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate clearance with the runway during a low altitude aerobatic maneuver.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX03CA287 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data