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N500F

BOWERS FLY-BABY 1A · 1960 · Valid

N500F is a BOWERS FLY-BABY 1A (year 1960), valid on the FAA registry as of 2026-10-25. Owner type: entity. Source: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database; accident and incident history is in NTSB CAROL.

Snapshot date: 2026-10-25 · Source: registry.faa.gov

Registration

Status
Valid
Serial number
1-1
Issued
Sep 18, 2006
Expires
May 31, 2028
Type aircraft
Fixed wing single-engine
State
WA

Registered owner

MUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATION

SEATTLE, WA

Source: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database. Entity owners are shown without redaction; individual owners are redacted by default.

Ownership timeline
  • CurrentMUSEUM OF FLIGHT FOUNDATIONcertificate issued Sep 18, 2006
  • Earlier owners are reconstructed from successive FAA snapshots and shown when our archive has at least two transitions for this tail.
Accident or incident history

We don't import NTSB accident data, so this profile can't say whether N500F has an accident or incident record. Search the tail number in NTSB CAROL, including any earlier N-numbers the aircraft carried. Open NTSB CAROL.

Airworthiness Directives

We don't import the FAA AD library, so this profile lists no ADs. Which ADs apply to N500F depends on its airframe, engine, propeller, installed equipment and serial ranges — search each in the FAA AD library (DRS) and check the logbook AD record with your A&P.

Type certificate

BOWERS FLY-BABY 1A is governed by the FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet for the BOWERS family. The TCDS is the authoritative reference for engine, weight, and equipment configuration.

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