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N296Y

Howard Aircraft DGA-15P

Valid Indiana

N296Y is a Howard Aircraft DGA-15P, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1946. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Shipshewana, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 2, 1980 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated September 17, 1956.

Aircraft

Maker
Howard Aircraft
Model
DGA-15P
Serial number
1753
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1946
Cruising speed
150 mph
Transponder code
A30DEA (octal 50606752)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 2, 1980
Expires
July 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 4, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · September 17, 1956
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00640853

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lutes Ralph E
Type
Individual
Address
8845 W 350N
Shipshewana, IN 46565

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