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N17985

Beech D17S

Valid Indiana

N17985 is a Beech D17S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Black Cat Aviation LLC, an LLC in Indianapolis, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 28, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 6, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
D17S
Serial number
4807
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
158 mph
Transponder code
A13E2A (octal 50237052)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 28, 2016
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 6, 1956
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00114030

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Black Cat Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
C/O Harry Todd
1 Indiana Sq Ste 2300
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2012

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1989-11-22Beech F33A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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