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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026Alan A Fanning AL18
N71AM is an Alan A Fanning AL18, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Soldotna, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated July 27, 2021.
Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 9:05 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Alan A Fanning
- Model
- AL18
- Serial number
- TX-346
- 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 IOX370 SERIES · 205 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2021
- Kit
- AMERICAN LEGEND AIRCRAFT CO AL18
- Transponder code
- A979C0 (octal 52274700)
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 29, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- April 29, 2026
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 27, 2021
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01345725
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Murch Anthony
- 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
- 45074 Cosmosview Ct
Soldotna, AK 99669-6912
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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 N71AM links to the rest of the register
- Alan A Fanning 1 aircraft on the register
- Continental IOX370 series 29 aircraft with this engine series · 205 hp
- Soldotna, AK 258 aircraft registered in this town
- Soldotna Airport · SXQ
- Mackeys Lakes Seaplane Base · L85
- Soldotna Hospital Heliport · SD1
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
- Where N71AM is now · Last seen October 12 at 9:05 am.
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The public federal record on N71AM, 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 Murch Anthony, an individual, certificate issued April 29, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated July 27, 2021, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial TX-346 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N71AM was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mariucci Ardovino CRI-CRI MC-15 (serial 12-0252, cancelled March 8, 2018). 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 N71AM: Accident on May 23, 1992 at Arlington, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Ardovino Mariucci CRI-CRI MC-12 · operated under 091
TOTAL POWER LOSS CAUSED BY BLOCKED CARBURETOR SCREEN AND IGNITION POINTS OPEN BEYOND MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION. A FACTOR WAS INADEQUATE ANNUAL INSPECTION AND IGNITION POINT MAINTENANCE ADJUSTMENT NOT PERFORMED.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data