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N897DS

Kearsley Michael Edward RV4

Valid Texas

N897DS is a Kearsley Michael Edward RV4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1996. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fort Worth, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 4, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 20, 1996.

Aircraft

Maker
Kearsley Michael Edward
Model
RV4
Serial number
1928
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-360-A1D · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1996
Transponder code
AC5FB1 (octal 53057661)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 4, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 4, 2024
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · August 20, 1996
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00966071

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Holliday Richard A
Type
Individual
Address
612 Lionel Way
Fort Worth, TX 76108-4672

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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