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Taylorcraft BCS12D-4-85 · 1946 · Seattle, WA
N95871 is a 1946 Taylorcraft BCS12D-4-85 (serial 8171), registered to Museum Of Flight (corporation) in Seattle, WA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires February 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from February 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 60% of registered Taylorcraft BCS12D-4-85s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AD55C6. It is one of 5 Taylorcraft BCS12D-4-85 aircraft on the FAA registry.
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3 of the 5 registered Taylorcraft BCS12D-4-85 carry this engine (60%), across 3 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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