Temco GC-1B
N78316 is a Temco GC-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anacortes, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 13, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 17, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Temco
- Model
- GC-1B · all GC-1Bs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2316
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C125 SERIES · 125 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AA9E45 (octal 52517105)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 13, 2015
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- March 13, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · July 17, 1956
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00254950
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Christiansen Lance W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 116 Center Is
Anacortes, WA 98221-9416
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.
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The public federal record on N78316, 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 Christiansen Lance W, an individual, certificate issued April 13, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 17, 1956, 9 years after the 1947 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 2316 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N78316 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 N78316: Accident on September 18, 2025 at Toledo, WA: 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 control of the airplane during takeoff in crosswind conditions..
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR25LA306 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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