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N4217E

Aeronca 7AC

Valid Arkansas

N4217E is an Aeronca 7AC, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Mena, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 30, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated March 27, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Aeronca
Model
7AC
Serial number
7AC-7149
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
90 mph
Transponder code
A502A8 (octal 51201250)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 30, 2025
Expires
April 30, 2032
Last FAA action
April 30, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · March 27, 1958
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00701764

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nelson Melvern
Type
Co-owned
Address
208 Polk Road 87
Mena, AR 71953-8126
Co-owners
Nelson Virginia / Nelson Tammy

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