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N229TE

Thomas L Ellis AVID MK IV

Valid Illinois

N229TE is a Thomas L Ellis AVID MK IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Plainfield, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 22, 2024 and expires on March 31, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Thomas L Ellis
Model
AVID MK IV
Serial number
81201
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
AVID AIRCRAFT AVID MARK IV
Transponder code
A2041E (octal 50402036)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 22, 2024
Expires
March 31, 2031
Last FAA action
April 17, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01441724

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ellis Thomas L
Type
Individual
Address
22619 Prairie Crossing
Plainfield, IL 60544

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