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N1197Y

Smith Richard E ROTORWAY EXEC 162F

N1197Y is a Smith Richard E ROTORWAY EXEC 162F, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ellensburg, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 15, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Smith Richard E
Model
ROTORWAY EXEC 162F
Serial number
6116
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A05106 (octal 50050406)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 29, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · January 15, 1999
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00626591

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rhodes John S
Type
Individual
Address
5011 S Thorp Hwy
Ellensburg, WA 98926-8040

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1993-08-27American General Acft Corp AG5B · exported to Germany · Valid registration
—Cessna 150B · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data