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N965WE

Peter Andrew Elsea LIGHTNING XS

N965WE is a Peter Andrew Elsea LIGHTNING XS, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2023. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 11, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated November 16, 2023.

Aircraft

Maker
Peter Andrew Elsea
Model
LIGHTNING XS
Serial number
197
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor IOX340 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
2023
Kit
ARION AIRCRAFT LLC LIGHTNING XS
Transponder code
AD70B2 (octal 53270262)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 11, 2023
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · November 16, 2023
FAA region
New England
FAA record id
01383885

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Elsea Peter A
Type
Individual
Address
1 Westview Ter
Easthampton, MA 01027-2113

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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