Single-engine piston

N50845

1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1943
Serial
0-4538
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Individual · sign in to see
Based
Protem, MO
1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65
Representative photo of a Taylorcraft DCO-65. Not a photo of N50845.
Registration record

N50845 on the FAA register

Type
1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65
Serial
0-4538
Engines
Continental A&C65 series
Registered owner
Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in
Protem, MO
Certificate issued
2024-08-21
Airworthiness date
1996-10-07
Registration expires
2031-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A65AAA
Mode S (octal)
51455252
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-08-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N50845 to the current registrant.
  • 1996-10-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1989-07-29
    N50845 previously assigned to a Cessna 150J (s/n 15069591); cancelled.
  • 1943
    Manufactured (1943).
Overview

About N50845

N50845 is a 1943 Taylorcraft DCO-65, serial number 0-4538. It is registered to an individual in Protem, Missouri. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 21, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031.

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 October 7, 1996.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N50845. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1986-04-04 Accident · Boca Raton, FL Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · MIA86LA111
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150J — a different aircraft that carried the N50845 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.