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N75BD

Bede Aerocrafts Inc BD-5B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas

N75BD is a Bede Aerocrafts Inc BD-5B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Pearland, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 1976 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 28, 1976.

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Aircraft

Maker
Bede Aerocrafts Inc
Model
BD-5B
Serial number
101
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 · Xenoah G72CFA · 50 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
228 mph
Transponder code
AA17CD (octal 52413715)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 17, 1976
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
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 · May 28, 1976
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00202657

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fowler Terry R
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
3210 Lee Cir
Pearland, TX 77581-4544

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

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The public federal record on N75BD, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Fowler Terry R, an individual, certificate issued September 17, 1976, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 28, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 101 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N75BD according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N75BD. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data