N197AM2017 Pipistrel Lsa S R L ALPHA ELECTRO
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- City Of Reedley
- Owner type
- Government
- City, state
- Reedley, CA
- Certificate issued
- Dec 27, 2025
- Expires
- Dec 31, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and Development, Exhibition
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 12, 2021
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Pipistrel Lsa S R L
- Model
- ALPHA ELECTRO
- Year
- 2017
- Serial number
- 878 AE 60
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Light Sport
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A18238
Engine
- Make and model
- Pipistrel Pem 60mvlc
- Type
- Electric
- Power
- 80 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2025 – nowCity Of ReedleyReedley, CA · current
- until 2016Individual ownerSpring, TX · different airframe: 1996 Eurocopter As 350 B2 S/N 2917
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026