Aircraft Description
N16878 is a 1937 Fairchild F-45, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Dudley Denise M in Santa Margarita, CA. This aircraft holds a experimental airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on September 29, 1976. The registration certificate was issued on April 23, 2004. The registration is set to expire on June 30, 2027. Powered by a Wright 975E&F-2&3 engine producing 475 horsepower, N16878 is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A112D4 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N16878 was last updated on May 11, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
Fairchild is an aircraft manufacturer with aircraft registered in the FAA database tracked by AviatorDB. AviatorDB tracks 659 Fairchild aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the F-45 model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N16878. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-01 01:32:20 UTC