Single-engine piston

N49178

1946 Taylorcraft DCO-65

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1946
Serial
L-5821
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental C85-12
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Arctic Warbirds LLC (LLC)
Based
Anchorage, AK
1946 Taylorcraft DCO-65
Representative photo of a Taylorcraft DCO-65. Not a photo of N49178.
Registration record

N49178 on the FAA register

Type
1946 Taylorcraft DCO-65
Serial
L-5821
Engines
Continental C85-12
Registered owner
Arctic Warbirds LLC
Anchorage, AK
Certificate issued
2026-09-30
Airworthiness date
2010-03-08
Registration expires
2033-09-30
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A6173D
Mode S (octal)
51413475
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-09-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N49178.
  • 2010-03-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1946
    Manufactured (1946).
Overview

About N49178

N49178 is a 1946 Taylorcraft DCO-65, serial number L-5821. The FAA register lists Arctic Warbirds LLC as the registrant in Anchorage, Alaska. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 30, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental C85-12 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated March 8, 2010.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N49178.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N49178.

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.