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N197AM

Pipistrel ALPHA ELECTRO

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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

2016-02-04Eurocopter AS 350 B2 · exported to Canada · Sale reported

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