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N197D

David B Ford RV10

Valid Michigan

N197D is a David B Ford RV10, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lake City, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 5, 2016 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated January 4, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
David B Ford
Model
RV10
Serial number
40738
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Mattituck TMX-540 · 250 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2017
Kit
VANS AIRCRAFT INC RV-10
Transponder code
A18277 (octal 50301167)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 5, 2016
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · January 4, 2018
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01231581

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ford David B
Type
Individual
Address
7397 W Blue Rd
Lake City, MI 49651-8943

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

2006-05-03Denight Ronald A 100D2 · 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