N297KE
Elsammak Karim RV-8
Valid
Illinois
N297KE is an Elsammak Karim RV-8, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Makanda, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 12, 2023.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Elsammak Karim
- Model
- RV-8
- Serial number
- 83116
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-M1B · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2023
- Transponder code
- A31061 (octal 50610141)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 26, 2025
- Expires
- August 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- August 26, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur built · March 12, 2023
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01383641
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mengarelli Michael
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9 White Deer Run
Makanda, IL 62958-2618
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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