Models · Taylorcraft · Piston singles · data as of October 2, 2026

Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D

1,225 on the U.S. register across 5 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1941 to 2000; half of them date from 1946 or earlier. Alaska has the most (112). 10% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

About the BC12 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 (1,051), Cont Motor C85 Series (67), Cont Motor A&C75 Series (24)
Seats: 2
Cruise speed: about 78 mph
Maker on the register: Taylorcraft
Registered: earliest certificate May 17, 1962; newest August 30, 2026

Where they are owner's state

Alaska112Texas92California63Ohio60Michigan53Minnesota50Wisconsin49Florida44New York38North Carolina38Oregon36Missouri33

Who owns them registrant type

Individual957 (78%)Co-owned145 (12%)LLC62 (5%)Corporation41 (3%)Partnership16 (1%)Non-citizen corporation2 (0.2%)Not stated1 (0.1%)Non-citizen co-owned1 (0.1%)

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

Version	Registered	Built	Share
BC12-D	1,011	1940 to 2000	82.5%
BC12-65	104	1941 to 1955	8.5%
BC12-D1	76	1946 to 1954	6.2%
BC12D-85	28	1939 to 1949	2.3%
BC12D-4-85	6	1939 to 1950	0.5%

When they were built by decade · 277 with no year on file

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

Registration status

Valid1,203 (98%)Sale reported8 (0.7%)Reports overdue3 (0.2%)Pending cancellation3 (0.2%)Pending3 (0.2%)Revoked2 (0.2%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Standard1,171 (96%)None on file37 (3%)Experimental11 (0.9%)Special flight permit2 (0.2%)Restricted2 (0.2%)Multiple2 (0.2%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC4Skunkworks III Research INC2Missions Unlimited Of Oregon INC DBA2Alaska Aviation Museum2Wren Aircraft LLC1Wjc Aviation LLC1Willaims Fertilizer Services LLC1Wightman Joseph1Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum1Waller County Aviation Museum1W&L Aviation LLC1Vx Aircraft Services LLC1

Fleet pages: Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC · Alaska Aviation Museum · Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum · Waller County Aviation Museum

Accident history NTSB records · 155 cases since 1982, 28 fatal

2026-08-02CEN26LA277 · BC12-D N43665 · accident near Boyceville, WI · serious injuries

2025-05-18ANC25LA039 · BC12-D1 N44473 · accident near Willow, AK · no injuries

2024-09-07CEN24LA341 · BC12-D N95078 · accident near Trojan, SD · no injuries

2024-05-17ANC24FA032 · BC12-D N95744 · accident near Nondalton, AK · 2 killed

2024-02-25ERA24LA123 · BC12-D N43892 · accident near Moultonborough, NH · no injuries

2023-12-23WPR24LA069 · BC12-D N43415 · accident near Whitefish, MT · no injuries

2023-11-11ERA24LA032 · BC12-65 N29868 · accident near Columbia, TN · minor injuries

2023-09-13ANC23LA077 · BC12-D N95250 · accident near Palmer, AK · no injuries

The 8 most recent of 155 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Taylorcraft BC12 BC-12D aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

1,225 as of October 2, 2026, counting 5 versions the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Taylorcraft BC12s?

Alaska, with 112.

Who owns the Taylorcraft BC12?

10% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1,225

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N44170	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1991-03-07	Valid
N95200	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	1991-02-19	Valid
N95204	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1991-02-11	Valid
N29725	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1990-12-07	Valid
N44065	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1990-10-31	Valid
N43303	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-10-16	Valid
N94933	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1990-09-27	Valid
N39223	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1990-08-15	Valid
N96718	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1990-06-28	Valid
N23880	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1990-06-12	Valid
N44394	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1990-06-11	Valid
N43825	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1990-05-25	Valid
N44346	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-02-20	Valid
N1951J	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	1990-02-07	Valid
N95014	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1990-01-19	Valid
N29898	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1989-11-21	Valid
N95106	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	1989-09-05	Valid
N96880	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1989-06-28	Valid
N96512	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1989-06-16	Valid
N95335	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1989-06-02	Valid
N39145	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1989-02-17	Valid
N43228	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1989-01-17	Valid
N96752	Taylorcraft BC12D-4-85	Individual owner North Dakota	Experimental	1988-12-28	Valid
N43217	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1988-08-16	Valid
N96553	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1988-06-29	Valid
N95108	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1987-08-06	Valid
N44247	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1987-03-02	Valid
N59149	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1987-01-28	Valid
N43732	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	1986-11-13	Valid
N44315	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1986-10-21	Valid
N5043M	Taylorcraft BC12D-85	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1986-10-21	Valid
N43052	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1986-09-15	Valid
N5599M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1986-09-09	Valid
N95312	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	1986-04-22	Valid
N44226	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1986-03-19	Valid
N44038	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1985-11-22	Valid
N43424	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1985-11-06	Valid
N43409	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1985-05-24	Valid
N5047M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1985-02-26	Valid
N601BN	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	1985-02-26	Valid
N43072	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1985-01-17	Valid
N94941	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	1985-01-11	Valid
N44049	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1984-11-13	Valid
N34246	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	1984-09-14	Valid
N29654	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1984-02-28	Valid
N96632	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1984-02-28	Valid
N95713	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1984-02-02	Valid
N9809M	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1983-09-26	Valid
N96587	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1983-06-18	Valid
N44165	Taylorcraft BC12D-4-85	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	1983-05-19	Valid
N43196	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1982-10-26	Valid
N43121	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1982-08-31	Valid
N96958	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1982-08-10	Valid
N44041	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner California	Standard	1982-07-14	Valid
N44353	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	1982-02-12	Valid
N96918	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1982-01-12	Valid
N5140M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1981-12-12	Valid
N39287	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1981-09-01	Valid
N96712	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	1981-06-04	Valid
N44324	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1980-07-24	Valid
N43955	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	1980-03-07	Valid
N33952	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1980-02-05	Valid
N43849	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	1979-12-08	Valid
N94966	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Montana	Standard	1979-11-30	Valid
N39119	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1979-11-20	Valid
N96667	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	1979-11-14	Valid
N96385	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1979-10-29	Valid
N44495	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1979-03-12	Valid
N95313	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	1979-03-12	Valid
N47893	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1978-09-25	Valid
N96382	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1978-08-31	Valid
N96499	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner New York	Standard	1978-08-21	Valid
N43426	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	1978-04-21	Valid
N96387	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner New York	Standard	1977-12-27	Valid
N29804	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	1977-07-12	Valid
N36059	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1976-11-20	Valid
N95562	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1976-08-11	Revoked
N95557	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1976-06-08	Valid
N96301	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1976-05-10	Valid
N34061	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner New York	Standard	1976-03-09	Valid
N95779	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1976-02-18	Valid
N95732	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1975-08-06	Valid
N96774	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1975-04-23	Valid
N95273	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1975-04-02	Valid
N95345	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1974-08-21	Valid
N96338	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner New York	Standard	1973-05-10	Valid
N43307	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	1973-04-19	Valid
N36061	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1973-02-05	Valid
N43704	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1972-09-22	Valid
N33992	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1972-09-01	Valid
N96842	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1970-12-18	Valid
N95653	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1970-08-26	Valid
N95085	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1970-07-17	Valid
N95513	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1969-09-18	Valid
N36478	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1969-07-24	Valid
N34082	Taylorcraft BC12-65	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	1969-02-03	Valid
N44468	Taylorcraft BC12-D1	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	1968-10-04	Valid
N44040	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Causey Aviation Service INC Liberty, North Carolina	Standard	1967-08-24	Valid
N43916	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	1967-03-17	Valid
N39295	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner California	Standard	1966-02-07	Valid