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N985SW

Beech D17S

N985SW is a Beech D17S, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1943. It has 5 seats. It is registered to an individual in Minot, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 15, 1999 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 29, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Beech
Model
D17S
Serial number
4870
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P & W R-985-AN-14B · 400 hp
Seats
5
Year built
1943
Cruising speed
158 mph
Transponder code
ADBF5C (octal 53337534)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 15, 1999
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 29, 2018
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00683727

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Pietsch Warren A
Type
Individual
Address
2216 N Broadway
Minot, ND 58703-1011

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