Glider

N197PW

1997 PZL PW-5

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1997
Serial
1709004
Class
Glider
Engines
None NONE
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Louisville Soaring Club Inc (Corporation)
Based
Lexington, KY
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Registration record

N197PW on the FAA register

Type
1997 PZL PW-5
Serial
1709004
Engines
None NONE
Registered owner
Louisville Soaring Club Inc
Lexington, KY
Certificate issued
2011-07-06
Airworthiness date
1998-05-06
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A18386
Mode S (octal)
50301606
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2011-07-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N197PW.
  • 1998-05-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1997
    Manufactured (1997).
Overview

About N197PW

N197PW is a 1997 PZL PW-5, serial number 1709004. The FAA register lists Louisville Soaring Club Inc as the registrant in Lexington, Kentucky. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 6, 2011 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a glider and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 6, 1998.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N197PW.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N197PW.

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.