Thanks Kent.

The process you describe here seems to break down if the current owner is not the manufacturer.

18 minutes ago, Kent Ashton said:

Or do a Make/Model search for Model "Dragonfly" which will return 323 Dragonfly entries with Manufacturer names, see pic below.  If the "Manufacturer" in the 3rd colum is an individual [builder/owner] like Bailey Robert E do an individual Name Inquiry for his name (use the same name format).   That will return the N-number for that owner which you can search for all the info.  If the 2nd column has highlighted info like NORTH CAROLINA - 1, click on that and it will show you N-number info.  If the Manufacturer is a commercial name like AVRO none of this works.  Yeah, easy right  😞

Name search only returns current owners and N-numbers for me.

Model search only returns manufacturers with no other useful info.

The stupid FAA does not make it easy.  This site appears to let you search for all the registrations in a state

https://www.aircraftone.com/searchindex.asp

You can download the entire FAA database here and search within it with a word processor program.  

https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download/

You could do a "Name" search (sorted by N-number) here for "Dragonfly"   https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Aircraft_Inquiry.aspx  That will return 32 N-numbered Dragonflys.  Then you can do an N-number search  for each N-number and see the owner information.

Or do a Make/Model search for Model "Dragonfly" which will return 323 Dragonfly entries with Manufacturer names, see pic below.  If the "Manufacturer" in the 3rd colum is an individual [builder/owner] like Bailey Robert E do an individual Name Inquiry for his name (use the same name format).   That will return the N-number for that owner which you can search for all the info.  If the 2nd column has highlighted info like NORTH CAROLINA - 1, click on that and it will show you N-number info.  If the Manufacturer is a commercial name like AVRO none of this works.  Yeah, easy right  😞

Sometimes I see an airplane on craigslist.  I do a Wiki search for the Craigslist town and find out what county it in, then I do a State/County search in the registry and see all the aircraft in the county.  I can usually find the airplane and the N-number

Or you might get lucky with a Google Verbatim search   https://www.google.com/webhp?tbs=li:1

When I do a Model search on FAA Registry, all it gives me is the manufacturer and nothing else that seems useful.

Does anyone know the secret easy way to cross reference this with N-number, and/or current owner, and/or current address?

I'm looking for Q2 or Dragonfly in New England.

Thank you,

Here's another one that makes you just shake your head.  Tri-pacer had not flown since 1996.  The AI that signed off the the annual did not supervise the owner's inspection.  The 68 year old pilot and his passenger on their way to get a Wt & Bal at another airport landed in a cornfield when the engine failed.  Inspection found an ancient, leaking fuel line, fuel valve that only opened 25%, debris in the gascolator, and a large insect nest in the engine compartment.  Maybe the owner didn't want to disturb the wasps.  🙂

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2020/07/piper-pa-22-150-tri-pacer-n7208d.html

Here is a sticky on how to find canard owners.  Good luck.

https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/33309-varieze-builderpilot-wanted/?do=findComment&comment=63092