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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Lawson Donald B DB-1
N828X is a Lawson Donald B DB-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Jasper, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 5, 2017 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 2, 1994.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Lawson Donald B
- Model
- DB-1
- Serial number
- 1
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (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 · Rotorway RW152 · 150 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AB50A0 (octal 52650240)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 5, 2017
- Expires
- December 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 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 · March 2, 1994
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00695231
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wolcott Dennis L
- 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
- 6299 SW 52Nd Ln
Jasper, FL 32052-5066
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N828X links to the rest of the register
- Lawson Donald B 1 aircraft on the register
- RotorWay RW152 25 aircraft with this engine series · 150 hp
- Jasper, FL 8 aircraft registered in this town
- Florida 21,702 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N828X, 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 Wolcott Dennis L, an individual, certificate issued December 5, 2017, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N828X 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 N828X: Accident on December 13, 2012 at Mayland, TN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rotorway DB-1 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain helicopter control following a high-side governor failure for reasons that could not be determined during postaccident examination.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data