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N8897M

Beech A23

Valid Illinois

N8897M is a Beech A23, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lebanon, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 7, 2010 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 4, 1965.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
A23
Serial number
M-648
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IO-346 SERIES · 165 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1965
Cruising speed
114 mph
Transponder code
AC429D (octal 53041235)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 7, 2010
Expires
February 28, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · January 4, 1965
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00041751

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Almeter Francis J
Type
Individual
Address
1 Locust Hills Woods
Lebanon, IL 62254-1258

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