Fawcett Andrew R EXPRESS 2000FT
N71T is a Fawcett Andrew R EXPRESS 2000FT, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Los Altos Hills, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 4, 2003 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 4, 2004.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Fawcett Andrew R
- Model
- EXPRESS 2000FT
- Serial number
- 001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-550 SERIES · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2004
- Kit
- EXPRESS ACFT CO LLC SERIES 2000
- Transponder code
- A97B5D (octal 52275535)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 4, 2003
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · September 4, 2004
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00061159
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Fawcett Andrew R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 12753 Leander Dr
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022-3304
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N71T, 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 Fawcett Andrew R, an individual, certificate issued August 4, 2003, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated September 4, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N71T was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Thomas Michael C QUESTAIR VENTURE (serial 26, cancelled December 3, 2002); Taylorcraft BC12-65 (serial 2168, cancelled May 26, 1976). 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]
2 NTSB records under N71T: Accident on November 2, 1991 at San Luis Obispo, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 12, 1991 at San Luis Obispo, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Questaire VENTURE · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE LANDING ROLL DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE LEFT BRAKE AND NOSE WHEEL STEERING SYSTEMS. THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKE AND STEERING SYSTEMS WAS DUE TO A DETERIORATION OF THE 'O' RING SEALS CAUSED BY THE USE OF HYDRAULIC FLUID INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE RUBBER MATERIAL IN THE SEALS. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE INADEQUATE SYSTEM DESIGN BY THE KIT MANUFACTURER.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Questaire VENTURE · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL SYSTEM VENT CHECK VALVE, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION TO THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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