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Taylorcraft BC12-D · 1948 · Warren, OH
N5618M is a 1948 Taylorcraft BC12-D (serial 12018), registered to Molek Eugene (individual) in Warren, OH. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires November 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from November 1955 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 4% of registered Taylorcraft BC12-Ds. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A72E1D. It is one of 1,014 Taylorcraft BC12-D aircraft on the FAA registry. Molek Eugene holds 4 aircraft on the registry.
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41 of the 967 registered Taylorcraft BC12-D carry this engine (4%), across 14 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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