Single-engine piston

N43980

1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1946
Serial
7639
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Anderson, SC
1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D
Representative photo of a Taylorcraft BC-12D. Not a photo of N43980.
Registration record

N43980 on the FAA register

Type
1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D (FAA: Taylorcraft BC12-D)
Serial
7639
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Anderson, SC
Certificate issued
1993-07-27
Airworthiness date
1956-06-11
Registration expires
2028-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A54816
Mode S (octal)
51244026
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2028-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 1993-07-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N43980.
  • 1956-06-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
Overview

About N43980

N43980 is a 1946 Taylorcraft BC-12D (FAA model BC12-D), serial number 7639. It is registered to an individual in Anderson, South Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 27, 1993 and expires on March 31, 2028.

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, dated June 11, 1956.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N43980. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1977-02-16 Accident · Lafayette,Tn, 42 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 1007
Reported aircraft: Cessna 177 — a different aircraft that carried the N43980 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.