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N3117G

Byrd Melvin Gene CHALLENGER II

N3117G is a Byrd Melvin Gene CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 2007. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Pembroke, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 27, 2008 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 2, 2007.

Aircraft

Maker
Byrd Melvin Gene
Model
CHALLENGER II
Serial number
CH2-1005-CW-2679
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 503 SERIES · 52 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2007
Transponder code
A34DDC (octal 50646734)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 27, 2008
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · June 2, 2007
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00323199

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dial Rick L
Type
Individual
Address
1823 Philadelphus Rd
Pembroke, NC 28372-8201

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1976-06-14Messner A · Sale reported

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data