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N197L

Beech D18S

Valid Texas

N197L is a Beech D18S, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 10 seats. It is registered to American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 6, 2016 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 28, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
D18S
Serial number
A-361
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
10
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
165 mph
Transponder code
A18326 (octal 50301446)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 6, 2016
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
March 25, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · March 28, 1956
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00363040

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 764769
Dallas, TX 75376-4769

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.

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