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N897BL

Lewis Bobby J CHALLENGER II

Valid Tennessee

N897BL is a Lewis Bobby J CHALLENGER II, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1998. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Riceville, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 17, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated June 4, 1998.

Aircraft

Maker
Lewis Bobby J
Model
CHALLENGER II
Serial number
CH2-0197-CW-1557
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)
Seats
2
Year built
1998
Transponder code
AC5F79 (octal 53057571)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 17, 2013
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · June 4, 1998
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00606671

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Baumgardner Erbin C
Type
Individual
Address
276 County Road 67
Riceville, TN 37370-5630

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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