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N4278E

Quad City Challenger CHALLENGER 1

N4278E is a Quad City Challenger CHALLENGER 1, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine, built in 1997. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Valley Springs, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for airplane, dated May 28, 2008.

Aircraft

Maker
Quad City Challenger
Model
CHALLENGER 1
Serial number
028700219
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 447 · 40 hp
Seats
1
Year built
1997
Transponder code
A51915 (octal 51214425)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 29, 2015
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Light sport · Airplane · May 28, 2008
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00453099

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Webber Alvin R
Type
Individual
Address
3510 Leary Ct
Valley Springs, CA 95252-9522

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.

Earlier use of this number 2

1994-08-24Piper PA-38-112 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1949-06-17Aeronca 7AC · Valid registration

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