Pipistrel ALPHA ELECTRO
N197AM is a Pipistrel ALPHA ELECTRO, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor powered by electric motors, built in 2017. It has 2 seats. It is registered to City Of Reedley, a government body in Reedley, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 27, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; exhibition, dated August 12, 2021.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pipistrel (Slovenia)FAA spelling: PIPISTREL LSA S R L
- Model
- ALPHA ELECTRO
- Serial number
- 878 AE 60
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Electric, 1 motor · Pipistrel PEM 60MVLC · 80 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A18238 (octal 50301070)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 27, 2025
- Expires
- December 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- December 27, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development; Exhibition · August 12, 2021
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 01272843
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- City Of Reedley
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 845 G St
Reedley, CA 93654-2625
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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 1
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data