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Taylorcraft BL12-65 · Gilroy, CA
N36217 is a Taylorcraft BL12-65 (serial 3171), registered to Nurge Richard J (individual) in Gilroy, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires September 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from January 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES engine rated at 65 hp, the engine on 25% of registered Taylorcraft BL12-65s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A41655. It is one of 16 Taylorcraft BL12-65 aircraft on the FAA registry. Nurge Richard J holds 11 aircraft on the registry.
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4 of the 16 registered Taylorcraft BL12-65 carry this engine (25%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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