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A Brantly B-2, the same model family as N5976X
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026
N5976X

Brantly B-2

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas
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N5976X is a Brantly B-2, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1961. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Shady Shores, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 19, 2008 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 30, 1961.

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Aircraft

Maker
Brantly
Model
B-2 · all B-2s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Brantly B-2 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
119
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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 O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
75 mph
Transponder code
A7BAA8 (octal 51735250)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 19, 2008
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 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 · June 30, 1961
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00002045

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fandler Frederick
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
4 Hidden Valley Airpark
Shady Shores, TX 76208-7302

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N5976X links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Shady Shores, TX 72 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,943 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N5976X, 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 Fandler Frederick, an individual, certificate issued June 19, 2008, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate, dated June 30, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 119 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N5976X 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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N5976X. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data