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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 27, 2026Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18
N70461 is a Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Round Engine Aero, a corporation in Nashville, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 2018 and expires on February 29, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Wsk-Pzl-Mielec
- Model
- PZL-M-18
- Serial number
- 1Z013-50
- 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
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A966AE (octal 52263256)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 5, 2018
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00503506
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Round Engine Aero
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 9850 Curtis Rd
Nashville, MI 49073-9406
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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
Connections how N70461 links to the rest of the register
- Wsk-Pzl-Mielec 28 aircraft on the register
- Round Engine Aero 25 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Nashville, MI 43 aircraft registered in this town
- Michigan 7,225 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N70461, 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 Round Engine Aero, a corporation, certificate issued February 5, 2018, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1Z013-50 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N70461 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 17459, cancelled October 12, 1970). 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 N70461: Accident on August 6, 2010 at Meridian, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pzl Mielec M18 · operated under 137
Long-term deterioration of multiple engine fuel vaporizers that led to material failure of multiple turbine blades, which resulted in a complete loss of engine power. Contributing to the accident were the exceedance of specified engine inspection intervals and the unsuitable forced landing location.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data