Electric aircraft

N197AM

2017 Homebuilt Alpha Electro

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2017
Serial
878 AE 60
Class
Electric aircraft
Engines
Pipistrel PEM 60MVLC
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
City of Reedley (Government)
Based
Reedley, CA
Registration record

N197AM on the FAA register

Type
2017 Homebuilt Alpha Electro
Serial
878 AE 60
Engines
Pipistrel PEM 60MVLC
Registered owner
City of Reedley
Reedley, CA
Certificate issued
2025-12-27
Airworthiness date
2021-08-12
Registration expires
2032-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · research & development
Mode S (hex)
A18238
Mode S (octal)
50301070
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-12-27
    Certificate of registration issued as N197AM to the current registrant.
  • 2021-08-12
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
  • 2017
    Manufactured (2017).
  • 2016-02-04
    N197AM previously assigned to a Eurocopter AS 350B-2 Turbine Helicopters (s/n 2917); cancelled.
Overview

About N197AM

N197AM is a 2017 Homebuilt Alpha Electro, serial number 878 AE 60. The FAA register lists City of Reedley as the registrant in Reedley, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 27, 2025 and expires on December 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an electric aircraft, one Pipistrel PEM 60MVLC engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated August 12, 2021.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N197AM.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N197AM.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.