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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026Eagle Aircraft Co EAGLE DW-1
N8801Y is an Eagle Aircraft Co EAGLE DW-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Modesto, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 22, 1984 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated October 24, 1980.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Eagle Aircraft Co
- Model
- EAGLE DW-1 · all EAGLE DW-1s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. An agricultural biplane: steel tube and fabric. This is how the Eagle Aircraft Co EAGLE DW-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
- DW-1-0011-80
- 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 W670 SERIES · 250 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1980
- Transponder code
- AC2067 (octal 53020147)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 22, 1984
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- RestrictedFAA airworthiness class code 3 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 24, 1980
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00491991
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Welch Thomas R DBA
- 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
- 1806 W Service Rd
Modesto, CA 95358-9490 - Co-owners
- Welch Aerial Applications
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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 1
Connections how N8801Y links to the rest of the register
- Eagle Aircraft Co EAGLE DW-1 24 registered
- Eagle Aircraft Co 24 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental W670 series 987 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Modesto, CA 134 aircraft registered in this town
- Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field · MOD
- California 27,897 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Continental W670 series 1 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental W670 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8801Y, 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 Welch Thomas R DBA, an individual, certificate issued August 22, 1984, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated October 24, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial DW-1-0011-80 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8801Y was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-30 (serial 30-1957, cancelled December 19, 1969). 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 N8801Y: Accident on February 27, 1988 at Modesto, CA: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on July 21, 1982 at Murdock, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eagle Aircraft Co. DW-1 · operated under 137
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Eagle DW-1 · operated under 091
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