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BC-65 — Taylorcraft BC-65

Taylorcraft BC-65
Photo: Armchair Aviator's · CC BY 2.0
Year
Owner
Taylorcraft
Last seen
MTOW
500 kg
Range
200 nm
Seats
2
BC-65hover
Taylorcraft · BC-65
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
119
Active
110
Origin
US
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
TAYA
TAYA
200 nm70 kt2
TAYB
TAYB
500 kg430 nm83 kt2
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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS A-696 · 23 · issued 2007-05-03

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS A-696), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

Read the TCDS (PDF) →
Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Taylorcraft BC-65market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Taylorcraft BC-65 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

86 yearsmedian age

Of the 89 registered Taylorcraft BC-65 with a known build year (75% of the 119 we track), the median age is 86 years.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
2
Tracked flights
33
Tracked flight hours
49
Share of fleet flying
2%

2 Taylorcraft BC-65 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (2% of the registered fleet), across 33 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.