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N211JV

Vanburen John M SMITH MINIPLANE DSA1

Valid New York

N211JV is a Vanburen John M SMITH MINIPLANE DSA1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Cato, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 1997 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated October 9, 1992.

Aircraft

Maker
Vanburen John M
Model
SMITH MINIPLANE DSA1
Serial number
GLS-1
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85 SERIES · 85 hp
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A1BE15 (octal 50337025)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 6, 1997
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · October 9, 1992
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00844841

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Ernest C
Type
Individual
Address
11968 State Route 38
Cato, NY 13033-8672

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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