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N9970L

Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B

Valid Illinois

N9970L is a Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 10, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 18, 1973.

Aircraft

Maker
Grumman American Avn. Corp.
Model
AA-1B
Serial number
AA1B0270
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1973
Cruising speed
100 mph
Transponder code
ADEF07 (octal 53367407)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 10, 2016
Expires
August 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 25, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 18, 1973
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00313350

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Oates Thomas J
Type
Individual
Address
7312 N Osceola Ave
Chicago, IL 60631-4378

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