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N47CW

Wright Carl RV-4

Valid Illinois

N47CW is a Wright Carl RV-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2002 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 8, 1986.

Aircraft

Maker
Wright Carl
Model
RV-4
Serial number
840
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1986
Transponder code
A5BF08 (octal 51337410)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 15, 2002
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · May 8, 1986
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00131506

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Petersen Alfred Charles
Type
Individual
Address
606 Buckthorn Ter
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-1832

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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