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Models · Taylorcraft · Piston singles · data as of October 30, 2026

Taylorcraft BC-65

109 on the U.S. register. Built from 1938 to 1955; half of them date from 1940 or earlier. Ohio has the most (12). 10% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

About the BC-65 from the FAA's model table

Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines
Cont Motor A&C65 Series (87), Lycoming 0-145B Series (5), Cont Motor A&C75 Series (4)
Seats
2
Cruise speed
about 78 mph
Built of
steel tube and fabric
Maker on the register
Taylorcraft
Registered
earliest certificate December 13, 1968; newest October 26, 2026

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
BC-651091938 to 1955100.0%

When they were built by decade · 25 with no year on file

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
193032
194051
19501

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20101
20114
20123
20134
20146
20153
20163
20178
20186
20192
20207
20214
20227
20237
20244
20253
20264

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid10899%
Reports overdue10.9%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Standard10394%
None on file44%
Experimental22%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum1West Bay Flyers LLC1Wenatchee Valley Barnstormers LLC1Vand Flyve Klub1Tally Ho 609 LLC1She-Rat Aviation INC1Pilots for Christ Michigan1Lakeland Aero Club INC1John Chmura A&P LLC1Clearwater Air & Auto Museum1Ambrose Bryan S1
Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum1
West Bay Flyers LLC1
Wenatchee Valley Barnstormers LLC1
Vand Flyve Klub1
Tally Ho 609 LLC1
She-Rat Aviation INC1
Pilots for Christ Michigan1
Lakeland Aero Club INC1
John Chmura A&P LLC1
Clearwater Air & Auto Museum1
Ambrose Bryan S1

Fleet pages: Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum · Vand Flyve Klub · She-Rat Aviation INC · Lakeland Aero Club INC

Accident history NTSB records · 14 cases since 1982, 3 fatal

2023-06-15CEN23LA240 · BC-65 N23679 · accident near Sibley, IA · no injuries
2021-02-07ERA21LA125 · BC-65 N24476 · accident near Columbia, SC · minor injuries
2010-12-01WPR11LA068 · BC-65 N23619 · accident near Madras, OR · no injuries
1999-06-17NYC99LA144 · BC-65 N36205 · accident near Corinna, ME · no injuries
1995-07-08CHI95FA212 · BC-65 N1027K · accident near Plato Center, IL · 1 killed
1992-08-23NYC92LA175 · BC-65 N27558 · accident near Suffern, NY · serious injuries
1991-06-18ANC91LA076 · BC-65 N37611 · accident near Kakhonak, AK · 2 killed
1990-08-06SEA90LA155 · BC-65 N27454 · accident near Chehalis, WA · minor injuries

The 8 most recent of 14 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Taylorcraft BC-65 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

109 as of October 30, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Taylorcraft BC-65s?

Ohio, with 12.

Who owns the Taylorcraft BC-65?

10% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Taylorcraft BC-65s on the register built?

Between 1938 and 1955; half of them in 1940 or earlier.

How many Taylorcraft BC-65 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

14 accidents and incidents since 1982, 3 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Taylorcraft BC-65 made of?

The 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. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Taylorcraft BC-65 the component layer

The 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. The design is held under 1 type certificate (A-696, held by Taylorcraft 2000 LLC). The FAA has issued 9 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about landing gear. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 2014, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 0.9 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is airframe structure. 65 approved modifications exist for it, the most by Electronics International.

FAA orders 9 airworthiness directives · newest first

2008-06-062008-09-18 · Wing strut attach fittings · landing gear
2008-03-282008-04-09 · Left and right wing front and aft lift struts · landing gear
2007-08-202007-16-14 · Left and right wing front and aft lift struts · landing gear
1996-06-0796-09-06 · Air Filter Assemblies · airframe structure
1987-03-0187-03-08 · Oil Pressure Gauge Hose · other and general
47-13-02 · Fuel Hose · fuel system

All orders naming the Taylorcraft BC-65

By system

Orders by system, as a table
ordersshare
Landing gear444%
Airframe structure111%
Other and general111%
Fuel system111%
Flight controls111%
Engine111%

Failure reports 1 since 2014 · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011114
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
141

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Airframe structure1100%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Fairing1

Latest reports

2014-12-07Fairing: cracked · airframe structure

Approved replacement parts 47 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this design and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: baffle (8), lift strut (6), taylorcraft windshield (3), clamp (3), wing strut (2), landing gear (2), baffle crankcase (2), alternator control (2), washer (1), tailwheel spacer (1).

Approved modifications 65 supplemental type certificates

Changes the FAA has approved for this design, from new avionics and engines to floats and parachutes. The companies holding the most:

Latest

2026-08-18SA01800SE (PG 4) · Fabrication and installation of new or replacement of existing instrument panel lights dimmer control.
2026-08-18SA01861SE (PAGE 5) · Fabrication and installation of Landing Light Controller
2026-07-24SA04837NY · Installation of AeroLED's Holdings, LLC., position lights, navigation lights, strobe lights and...
2026-07-14SA04652CH · To allow use of 100R grade aviation fuel meeting Swift Fuel, LLC specification
2026-06-09SA00079NY · Installation of Airwolf remote mounted engine oil filter kit AFC-K008 on single and multi engine...

Certificates and bulletins

A-696Type certificate held by Taylorcraft 2000 LLC · 14 models listed · revised March 22, 2022

Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders

2010-12-03CE-11-05 · Main Landing Gear

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how the BC-65 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engines
Where they are
Biggest operators
Record
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/taylorcraft/bc-65.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 109

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N29PA Taylorcraft
BC-65
Ambrose Bryan S
Poplar Grove, Illinois
Standard 2026-10-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29624 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Illinois
Standard 2026-08-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36019 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Kansas
Standard 2026-08-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26548 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Vand Flyve Klub
New Folden, Minnesota
None on file 2026-07-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36205 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Maine
Standard 2025-06-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26612 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Nebraska
Standard 2025-02-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29752 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Oregon
Standard 2025-01-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26516 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Alaska
Standard 2024-05-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N39104 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2024-01-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23892 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Tally Ho 609 LLC
Avon Lake, Ohio
Standard 2024-01-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27451 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2024-01-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29574 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Delaware
None on file 2023-10-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29559 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Wyoming
Standard 2023-09-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29606 Taylorcraft
BC-65
John Chmura A&P LLC
Mount Pleasant, Arkansas
Standard 2023-07-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27675 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Minnesota
Standard 2023-05-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22207 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2023-02-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N43SY Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2023-02-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24494 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2023-01-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23619 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Co-owned owner
Oregon
Standard 2022-12-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24381 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Wenatchee Valley Barnstormers LLC
Wenatchee, Washington
Standard 2022-11-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26637 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Indiana
Standard 2022-11-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24379 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Michigan
Standard 2022-11-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24032 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2022-10-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23835 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Louisiana
Standard 2022-08-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27662 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Illinois
Standard 2022-04-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26526 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
New Hampshire
Standard 2021-11-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27524 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Utah
Standard 2021-09-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26633 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Maryland
Standard 2021-08-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26558 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Kansas
Standard 2021-05-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22652 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Co-owned owner
Michigan
Standard 2020-11-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22618 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2020-11-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21235 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2020-11-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26666 Taylorcraft
BC-65
She-Rat Aviation INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2020-08-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N34074 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2020-06-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8847H Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Michigan
None on file 2020-03-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27460 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Pilots for Christ Michigan
Fremont, Michigan
Standard 2020-01-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23825 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2019-09-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26636 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2019-09-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29502 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Washington
Standard 2018-12-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21229 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
South Carolina
Standard 2018-10-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27432 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Utah
Standard 2018-08-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27653 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Iowa
Standard 2018-08-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24046 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Maine
Standard 2018-05-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23898 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Arkansas
Standard 2018-04-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24362 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
South Dakota
Standard 2017-12-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27569 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2017-09-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27446 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2017-08-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36153 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Minnesota
Standard 2017-08-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27573 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2017-05-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29527 Taylorcraft
BC-65
West Bay Flyers LLC
Standish, Michigan
Standard 2017-03-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24341 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Michigan
Standard 2017-03-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24433 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Montana
Standard 2017-02-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22616 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Lakeland Aero Club INC
Lakeland, Florida
Standard 2016-03-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24380 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Maryland
Standard 2016-01-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27584 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
New York
None on file 2016-01-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N43479 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Alaska
Standard 2015-12-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36195 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Tennessee
Standard 2015-11-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23884 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2015-08-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23876 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Virginia
Standard 2014-12-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36196 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Washington
Standard 2014-09-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27619 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Delaware
Standard 2014-08-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23679 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Minnesota
Standard 2014-07-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22668 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Virginia
Standard 2014-05-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36425 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
California
Standard 2014-03-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24392 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Illinois
Standard 2013-03-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24081 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2013-03-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24422 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Oklahoma
Standard 2013-03-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1938B Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2013-01-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24069 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
California
Standard 2012-10-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27600 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Alaska
Standard 2012-04-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24031 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Wyoming
Standard 2012-01-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22646 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
California
Standard 2011-11-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23694 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Co-owned owner
Illinois
Standard 2011-06-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N903 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Kansas
Standard 2011-06-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29608 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Nebraska
Standard 2011-05-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24383 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2010-01-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21239 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
Hood River, Oregon
Standard 2009-06-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26608 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Alaska
Standard 2009-04-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24371 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Michigan
Standard 2007-11-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24068 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Connecticut
Standard 2007-05-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21223 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Oklahoma
Standard 2005-08-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N26512 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 2004-05-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23638 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Standard 2003-07-28 Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. All codes
N24393 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Co-owned owner
Oklahoma
Standard 2002-07-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24035 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Colorado
Standard 2002-05-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23688 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Indiana
Standard 2001-01-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27671 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Clearwater Air & Auto Museum
Batavia, Ohio
Standard 2000-11-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24446 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Maine
Standard 1997-06-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22291 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
New York
Standard 1995-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24465 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Colorado
Standard 1994-02-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2273N Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Oregon
Experimental 1993-06-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29590 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Connecticut
Standard 1992-07-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N23812 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Iowa
Standard 1991-08-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N27552 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
New Mexico
Standard 1990-07-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N22296 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Connecticut
Standard 1990-01-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24439 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Louisiana
Standard 1989-06-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N29514 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 1986-07-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N45782 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 1986-03-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21253 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Ohio
Standard 1984-10-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24463 Taylorcraft
BC-65
Individual owner
Maryland
Standard 1984-04-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes