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N6397H

Gawel Cary J RANS S-12 XL

N6397H is a Gawel Cary J RANS S-12 XL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lawndale, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Gawel Cary J
Model
RANS S-12 XL
Serial number
01990866
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Kit
RANS INC S-12 XL AIRAILE
Transponder code
A86280 (octal 52061200)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 22, 2021
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00205862

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bivins Dale Ray
Type
Individual
Address
638 Warlick Rd
Lawndale, NC 28090-9239

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 1

1981-07-07Cessna 182R · exported to United Kingdom · Valid registration

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