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N197DA

Bird Donald L LANCAIR LEGACY FG

Valid Texas

N197DA is a Bird Donald L LANCAIR LEGACY FG, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 4, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 24, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Bird Donald L
Model
LANCAIR LEGACY FG
Serial number
LS-211
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
2005
Kit
LANCAIR INTL INC LANCAIR LEGACY FG
Transponder code
A18278 (octal 50301170)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 4, 2026
Expires
March 31, 2033
Last FAA action
March 4, 2026
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · August 24, 2005
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00188639

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gist Phillip Chad
Type
Individual
Address
3616 Horace Ave
Fort Worth, TX 76244-8664

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Documents on file 0

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

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