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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N657R

James Rittinghouse AFFORDAPLANE

Valid Texas

N657R is a James Rittinghouse AFFORDAPLANE, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a two-stroke engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 14, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
James Rittinghouse
Model
AFFORDAPLANE
Serial number
JR1
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Two-cycle piston, 1 motor
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A8A832 (octal 52124062)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 14, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
October 14, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01519835

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rittinghouse James
Type
Individual
Address
13423 Roman Hills Ln
Houston, TX 77070-3489

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.

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