Paul D Spangenberg AR-1KC
N65PC is a Paul D Spangenberg AR-1KC, a rotorcraft with a four-stroke engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2019. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Baby Bird Aviation LLC, an LLC in Sarasota, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 21, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 30, 2019.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Paul D Spangenberg
- Model
- AR-1KC
- Serial number
- 0038
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 914 SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2019
- Kit
- SILVERLIGHT AVIATION LLC AR-1
- Transponder code
- A88BA9 (octal 52105651)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 21, 2020
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · May 30, 2019
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 01293493
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Baby Bird Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6301 Porter Rd Unit 9
Sarasota, FL 34240-9612
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
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The public federal record on N65PC, 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 Baby Bird Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 21, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 30, 2019, consistent with the 2019 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0038 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N65PC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Lockheed PV-1 (serial 5854, cancelled April 30, 2013). 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]
1 NTSB record under N65PC: Accident on February 20, 2022 at Sarasota, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Spangenberg AR-1KC · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper control input during an aborted takeoff procedure, which resulted in a main rotor blade contacting the vertical stabilizer, a loss of control, and subsequent runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA22LA134 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data