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N71WS

Smith D Wayne CORNELL-26

N71WS is a Smith D Wayne CORNELL-26, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Exeter, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 28, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated September 21, 1994.

Aircraft

Maker
Smith D Wayne
Model
CORNELL-26
Serial number
26
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A97BB9 (octal 52275671)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 28, 2024
Expires
May 31, 2031
Last FAA action
May 28, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · September 21, 1994
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00193922

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mello Matthew D
Type
Individual
Address
30739 Mehrten Dr
Exeter, CA 93221-9733

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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