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Type-certificated models from established manufacturers with the fewest active registrations · Updated September 26, 2026

Only includes type-certificated or Light Sport aircraft from manufacturers with 100+ total FAA registrations and at least 2 distinct models — so every aircraft here is a genuine production type that simply never found wide adoption, or survived in very small numbers.

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Make ↕	Model ↕	Category ↕	Active ↕
Consolidated Vultee	PBY-6A	Multi Engine	2
Beechcraft	B200CGT	Multi Engine	3
Cameron Balloons	0-105	Balloon	4
Aero Commander	560-E	Multi Engine	4
Waco	YOC	Single Engine	4
Kubicek	BB100Z	Balloon	4
Waco	QDC	Single Engine	4
Embraer	EMB-145EP	Multi Engine	4
Boeing	767-300	Multi Engine	4
Aeronca	7FC	Single Engine	4
Piper	PA-44-180	Multi Engine	4
Waco	CSO	Single Engine	4
Enstrom	280FX	Rotorcraft	5
Cessna	411	Multi Engine	5
Silvaire	LUSCOMBE T-8F	Single Engine	5
Aero Commander	560-F	Multi Engine	5
Learjet	23	Multi Engine	5
Bell	212	Rotorcraft	5
Beechcraft	B17L	Single Engine	5
Embraer	ERJ 190-100 LR	Multi Engine	5
Lockheed	1329-25 JETSTAR II	Multi Engine	5
Temco	D-16A	Multi Engine	5
Airbus	A321-253NX	Multi Engine	5
British Aerospace	BAE 125-800A	Multi Engine	5
Fairchild	22 C7D	Single Engine	5
Kubicek	BB17XR	Balloon	5
Kubicek	BB20XR	Balloon	5
Kubicek	BB30D	Balloon	5
Kubicek	BB92Z	Balloon	5
Taylorcraft	BCS12D-4-85	Single Engine	5
Maule	BEE DEE M-4-210	Single Engine	5
Buckeye	BREEZE LX	Powered Parachute	5
Douglas	C-118A	Multi Engine	5
Beechcraft	C17B	Single Engine	5
Beechcraft	C17L	Single Engine	5
Cameron Balloons	C-60	Balloon	5
Beechcraft	D-45 (T-34B)	Single Engine	5
Beechcraft	D50A	Multi Engine	5
Beechcraft	D50B	Multi Engine	5
Douglas	DC-3A-S1C3G	Multi Engine	5
Douglas	DC3C-S4C4G	Multi Engine	5
Howard Aircraft	DGA-11	Single Engine	5
Dehavilland	DHC-2-L-20	Single Engine	5
Dehavilland	DHC-7-102	Multi Engine	5
Dehavilland	DHC-8-106	Multi Engine	5
Airbus Helicopters	EC135T2+	Rotorcraft	5
Embraer	ERJ 170-100 STD	Multi Engine	5
Embraer	ERJ 190-200 LR	Multi Engine	5
Balloon Works	FIREFLY 5	Balloon	5
Cessna	182RG	Single Engine	5
Balloon Works	FIREFLY 8-24	Balloon	5
Eurocopter	GAZELLE SA341F2	Rotorcraft	5
Quicksilver	GT 500	Single Engine	5
Beechcraft	H50	Multi Engine	5
North American	HARVARD 4	Single Engine	5
North American	HARVARD II A	Single Engine	5
Diamond	HK 36 TC	Glider	5
Piper	J5B	Single Engine	5
Aeronca	L-3B	Single Engine	5
Bell	47J-2A	Rotorcraft	5
Cessna	560XL	Multi Engine	5
Aero Commander	600 S-2D	Single Engine	5
Hughes	369FF	Rotorcraft	5
Lindstrand	60A	Balloon	5
Aero Commander	680FL P	Multi Engine	5
Hughes	369	Rotorcraft	5
Boeing	737-700	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	737-82R	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	737-8AS	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	737-8FH	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	737-8JP	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	747-412	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	747-46NF	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	747-4B5	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	747-8B5	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	757-2G5	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	767-224	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	767-306	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	767-316F	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	777-212ER	Multi Engine	5
Boeing	777F1H	Multi Engine	5
Aeronca	7BCM/CONV	Single Engine	5
Champion	8KCAB	Single Engine	5
Agusta	A109A	Rotorcraft	5
Raytheon	A200CT	Multi Engine	5
Airbus	A319-131	Multi Engine	5
Airbus	A330-243F	Multi Engine	5
Lockheed	285D	Multi Engine	5
Powrachute	AIRWOLF	Powered Parachute	5
Enstrom	280	Rotorcraft	5
Aerospatiale	AS 365 N2 DAUPHIN	Rotorcraft	5
Airbus Helicopters	AS350B3E	Rotorcraft	5
Schleicher	ASW-15B	Glider	5
Hughes	269A-1	Rotorcraft	5
Schleicher	ASW-17	Glider	5
Schleicher	ASW-27B	Glider	5
North American	AT-6A	Single Engine	5
Raytheon	B200C	Multi Engine	5
Fairchild	24R-40	Single Engine	5
Douglas	B-26B	Multi Engine	5

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