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N873YD

Gerald Nelson NELSON SPECIAL

Valid Arkansas

N873YD is a Gerald Nelson NELSON SPECIAL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Texarkana, Arkansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 21, 2019 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 16, 2021.

Aircraft

Maker
Gerald Nelson
Model
NELSON SPECIAL
Serial number
1931
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-290-D · 130 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2021
Transponder code
AC03A5 (octal 53001645)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 21, 2019
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · August 16, 2021
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01300265

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Nelson Gerald R
Type
Individual
Address
109 Sugar Ridge Ln
Texarkana, AR 71854-9208

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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