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N197RW

Strahan William Allen LIGHTNING

N197RW is a Strahan William Allen LIGHTNING, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 7, 2026.

Aircraft

Maker
Strahan William Allen
Model
LIGHTNING
Serial number
75
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Jabiru 3300 · 120 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2008
Kit
ARION AIRCRAFT LLC LIGHTNING
Transponder code
A183B8 (octal 50301670)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 16, 2025
Expires
September 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 16, 2025
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · May 7, 2026
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01016334

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Casto Donald E
Type
Individual
Address
327 Sugarland Dr
Point Pleasant, WV 25550-4335

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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