original registration number

[L2Mdriver]

I have a 1940 BL-65 recently returned from Canada and in Canadian registration. Does anybody know if it is possible to determine the original U.S. registration number with the serial number of the airplane which is 1819?

[Hank Jarrett]

I ran the Construction Number from your plane through the database (the number stamped in the dataplate is actually a "Construction Number" not the "Serial Number"….they usually are the same but if the planes order get moved in the line they will get off so the stamped number isn't always the Serial Number. Yea, I didn't know it till recently either). The number 1819 IS in the database I built but not the FAA database. What I did find from my database is CN 1816 is still registered with the FAA and is NC 24476. It is a 1940 BC12-65 and is still registered. If there were no shuffles in the line that would make your plane NC 24479. When I checked that NC number it is listed as being a 1999 Cessna T206H that was exported to Germany (when planes are exported the N or NC number is often re-issued to a new plane, which would have happened when yours went to Canada too). That NC number should be available and has a fair chance of being the original number on your plane. Unfortunately I couldn't find any info on prior uses of the number (also not uncommon).
If you are doing a restoration you can request NC24479 from the FAA and hold it. I sure hope this reunites a plane with her original registration! No guarantees, but hopefully more info will surface. KEEP US ADVISED!!

Hank

[3Dreaming]

It is also possible that it went there as a new aircraft. In that case there would be no record in the FAA database.

[sully]

In the 1978 FAA registry N24487 was SN 1827.
N24479 was not present.

[Ragwing nut]

I have a 1940 BL-65 recently returned from Canada and in Canadian registration. Does anybody know if it is possible to determine the original U.S. registration number with the serial number of the airplane which is 1819?

Call FAA records and see if they can see any past registration.

[Hank Jarrett]

Great news Sully! That would be the number for CN 1827 if the NC numbers weren't shifted by taking a plane off the line. A GREAT indication that CN 1819 was actually NC 24479 when built.

[Hank Jarrett]

Interesting, I just ran backwards on NC numbers from the CNs we are discussing and found old records on several more lost 40 Taylorcrafts!

Hank

[L2Mdriver]

I think Hank Jarrett wins the Kewpie Doll! Based on his early, fast response, I did a little more research, found an old record and the original registration no. was what he speculated, NC24479. I checked with FAA and the number was available and I have reserved it. Thanks, Hank, and to everyone else who weighed in. CF-HYC will be reunited with her original U.S. registration number.

[L2Mdriver]

As late as October 1954, NC24479 was owned by VP-1 Flying Club at N.A.S. Whidbey Island. Sometime in 1955 she went to Canada. Small world department: In 1960-62 my home base with the U.S. Navy was at Whidbey Island, WA, with Heavy Attack Squadron Eight, VAH-8, as the Air Intelligence Officer, non flying type.

[Hank Jarrett]

All right! Looks like you may have a bit of a war bird to boot. It would be really interesting to see if anyone has any photos of her when she was the VP-1 Squadron Hack. Wonder if it was an interesting paint job.

Hank