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Taylorcraft BF12-65 · Ramseur, NC
N33987 is a Taylorcraft BF12-65 (serial 2839), registered to York Ersell Shane (individual) in Ramseur, NC. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2033; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES engine rated at 65 hp, the engine on 21% of registered Taylorcraft BF12-65s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A3BACE. It is one of 14 Taylorcraft BF12-65 aircraft on the FAA registry. York Ersell Shane holds 6 aircraft on the registry.
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3 of the 14 registered Taylorcraft BF12-65 carry this engine (21%), across 5 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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