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N489BB

John H Boatman Jr BUTTERCUP

Valid Tennessee

N489BB is a John H Boatman Jr BUTTERCUP, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Smyrna, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 17, 2013.

Aircraft

Maker
John H Boatman Jr
Model
BUTTERCUP
Serial number
JB001
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming O-235-C2C · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A60A23 (octal 51405043)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 7, 2023
Expires
March 31, 2030
Last FAA action
March 7, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 17, 2013
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01117029

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Boatman John H JR
Type
Individual
Address
112 Glen Echo Dr
Smyrna, TN 37167-4902

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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