Single-engine piston

N3072Z

1943 Taylorcraft/Coburn DCO-65L2M

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1943
Serial
L-5615
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (Corporation)
Based
Hood River, OR
Registration record

N3072Z on the FAA register

Type
1943 Taylorcraft/Coburn DCO-65L2M
Serial
L-5615
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Registered owner
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
Hood River, OR
Certificate issued
2010-05-04
Airworthiness date
2005-01-21
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A33C09
Mode S (octal)
50636011
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2010-05-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N3072Z to the current registrant.
  • 2005-01-21
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1983-04-09
    N3072Z previously assigned to a Piper Turbo Arrow IV (s/n 28R-7931178); cancelled.
  • 1971-09-14
    N3072Z previously assigned to a Piper Tri-Pacer (s/n 22-7029); cancelled.
  • 1943
    Manufactured (1943).
Overview

About N3072Z

N3072Z is a 1943 Taylorcraft/Coburn DCO-65L2M, serial number L-5615. The FAA register lists Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum as the registrant in Hood River, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 4, 2010 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental A&C65 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated January 21, 2005.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N3072Z. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1982-08-16 Accident · 15Mi. Ne Of Chr, CO Damage: Destroyed NTSB · DEN82DA174
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28RT-201T — a different aircraft that carried the N3072Z registration before this airframe.
1967-06-03 Accident · S. Clemente,Calif, 05 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 0566
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-22 — a different aircraft that carried the N3072Z registration before this airframe.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.