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N353Y

Buhl LA-1

Valid Illinois

N353Y is a Buhl LA-1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1931. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Rockford, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 8, 2010 and expires on December 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Buhl
Model
LA-1
Serial number
142
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Szekely SR-3 · 45 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1931
Cruising speed
78 mph
Transponder code
A3F218 (octal 50771030)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 8, 2010
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00007739

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Johnson Ronald D
Type
Individual
Address
1712 Secluded Woods Dr
Rockford, IL 61107-5430

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