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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026American Legend Aircraft Co AL3
N712YP is an American Legend Aircraft Co AL3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2010. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Graford, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 5, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated October 18, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- American Legend Aircraft Co
- Model
- AL3 · all AL3s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. A new-production Cub: steel tube and fabric. This is how the American Legend Aircraft Co AL3 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
- AL-1158
- 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
- Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Cont Motor 0-200 SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2010
- Transponder code
- A985AF (octal 52302657)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 5, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sportFAA airworthiness class code 9 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · AirplaneFAA certificate purpose code A (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 18, 2010
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01058482
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Russell John K
- 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
- 35 Troon Dr
Graford, TX 76449-5263
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N712YP links to the rest of the register
- American Legend Aircraft Co AL3 121 registered
- American Legend Aircraft Co 231 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental O-200 series 8,790 aircraft with this engine series · 100 hp
- Graford, TX 46 aircraft registered in this town
- Possum Kingdom Airport · F35
- Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-200 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-200 series 1 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N712YP, 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 Russell John K, an individual, certificate issued April 5, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for airplane, dated October 18, 2010, consistent with the 2010 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial AL-1158 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N712YP according to the deregistered file. [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 N712YP: Accident on March 27, 2021 at Petaluma, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: American Legend Aircraft CO AL3 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a ground loop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data