Single-engine piston

N46272

1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1943
Serial
5537
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Bigfork, MT
1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65
Representative photo of a Taylorcraft DCO-65. Not a photo of N46272.
Registration record

N46272 on the FAA register

Type
1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65
Serial
5537
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Bigfork, MT
Certificate issued
2020-03-04
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2027-03-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
A5A471
Mode S (octal)
51322161
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-03-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-03-04
    Certificate of registration issued as N46272.
  • 1943
    Manufactured (1943).
Overview

About N46272

N46272 is a 1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65, serial number 5537. It is registered to an individual in Bigfork, Montana. The current certificate of registration was issued on March 4, 2020 and expires on March 31, 2027.

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.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N46272. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1964-04-04 Accident · Chagrin Fall Ohio, 35 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0813
Reported aircraft: Piper PA22 — a different aircraft that carried the N46272 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.