Temco GC-1B
N77759 is a Temco GC-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bemidji, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 4, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 21, 1955.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Temco
- Model
- GC-1B · all GC-1Bs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Temco GC-1 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
- 3531
- 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 · Cont Motor C145 SERIES · 145 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1948
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AA8631 (octal 52503061)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 4, 2023
- Expires
- October 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · September 21, 1955
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00974780
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Walsh Samuel 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
- 821 Birchmont Beach Rd NE
Bemidji, MN 56601-8560
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N77759 links to the rest of the register
- Temco GC-1 115 registered
- Temco 130 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental C145 series 1,828 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
- Bemidji, MN 109 aircraft registered in this town
- Bemidji Regional · BJI
- Minnesota 6,939 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental C145 series 3 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C145 series 8 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N77759.json.
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The public federal record on N77759, 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 Walsh Samuel R, an individual, certificate issued October 4, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 21, 1955, 7 years after the 1948 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3531 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N77759 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 N77759: Accident on November 8, 2020 at Waukegan, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Temco GC-1B · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during takeoff with a crosswind that resulted in a ground loop and impact with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data