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N90331

Willey Frank C Jr AVID FLYER MK IV

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNevada

N90331 is a Willey Frank C Jr AVID FLYER MK IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Las Vegas, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 15, 2005.

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Aircraft

Maker
Willey Frank C Jr
Model
AVID FLYER MK IV
Serial number
1287D
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 · Subaru ALL MDLS A/B · 400 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
Seats
2
Year built
2005
Kit
AVID AIRCRAFT AVID MARK IV
Transponder code
AC7D2C (octal 53076454)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 21, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 21, 2024
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 · November 15, 2005
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00109809

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Daugherty Brian K
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
6420 Break Point Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89130-1754

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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 2

1998-03-25Giesler Bryan E VARIEZE · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1974-04-30Globe GC-1B · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N90331, 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 Daugherty Brian K, an individual, certificate issued February 21, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated November 15, 2005, consistent with the 2005 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1287D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N90331 was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Giesler Bryan E VARIEZE (serial 673, cancelled March 25, 1998); Globe GC-1B (serial 345, cancelled April 30, 1974). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N90331: Accident on October 4, 2025 at Boulder City, NV: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

WPR26LA003Accident on October 4, 2025 at Boulder City, NV: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Willey Frank C Jr. Avid Mark 4 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing.

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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 November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data