Single-engine piston

N2897U

1987 Christen Industries A-1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1987
Serial
1017
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Wwe LLC (LLC)
Based
Ridgway, CO
Registration record

N2897U on the FAA register

Type
1987 Christen Industries A-1
Serial
1017
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Wwe LLC
Ridgway, CO
Certificate issued
2024-05-09
Airworthiness date
1987-09-01
Registration expires
2031-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A2F2CA
Mode S (octal)
50571312
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-05-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N2897U to the current registrant.
  • 1987-09-01
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N2897U

N2897U is a 1987 Christen Industries A-1, serial number 1017. The FAA register lists Wwe LLC as the registrant in Ridgway, Colorado. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 9, 2024 and expires on May 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated September 1, 1987.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N2897U. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1983-05-30 Accident · Portland, OR Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · SEA83LA111
Reported aircraft: Cessna 172D — a different aircraft that carried the N2897U registration before this airframe.

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.