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Hiller UH-12B · 1953 · Fort Worth, TX
N538AC is a 1953 Hiller UH-12B (serial 538), registered to Hardy John S (individual) in Fort Worth, TX. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires May 2032; the airworthiness certificate dates from March 1992 (34 years ago). It carries a Franklin 6V4 SERIES engine rated at 210 hp, the engine on 34% of registered Hiller UH-12Bs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A6CE28. It is one of 35 Hiller UH-12B aircraft on the FAA registry. Hardy John S holds 4 aircraft on the registry.
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12 of the 35 registered Hiller UH-12B carry this engine (34%), across 8 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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