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N53DM

Marks Donald P RV 4

N53DM is a Marks Donald P RV 4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Franklin Aviation LLC, an LLC in Paradise, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 19, 2021 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 27, 1989.

Aircraft

Maker
Marks Donald P
Model
RV 4
Serial number
1239B
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1989
Transponder code
A6AE6B (octal 51527153)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 19, 2021
Expires
November 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 27, 1989
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00294111

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Franklin Aviation LLC
Type
LLC
Address
4405 Airport Rd
Paradise, CA 95969-6372

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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