Single-engine piston

N78851

1951 Aircraft Manufacturing Texas Bullet 205

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1951
Serial
105
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Continental E185 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Old Style Aircraft LLC (LLC)
Based
Ellsinore, MO
Registration record

N78851 on the FAA register

Type
1951 Aircraft Manufacturing Texas Bullet 205
Serial
105
Engines
Continental E185 series
Registered owner
Old Style Aircraft LLC
Ellsinore, MO
Certificate issued
2014-12-24
Airworthiness date
1956-07-06
Registration expires
2027-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard
Mode S (hex)
AAB15F
Mode S (octal)
52530537
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2014-12-24
    Certificate of registration issued as N78851.
  • 1956-07-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
  • 1951
    Manufactured (1951).
Overview

About N78851

N78851 is a 1951 Aircraft Manufacturing Texas Bullet 205, serial number 105. The FAA register lists Old Style Aircraft LLC as the registrant in Ellsinore, Missouri. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 24, 2014 and expires on December 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Continental E185 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category, dated July 6, 1956.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N78851. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1984-02-05 Accident · Erie, CO Damage: Substantial NTSB · DEN84LA087
Reported aircraft: Texas Helicopter 205 — a different aircraft that carried the N78851 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.