Single-engine piston

N397EA

2025 Pipistrel Alpha Trainer

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
AT162A0004
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Rotax 912UL2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Socal Pilot Center (Corporation)
Based
La Quinta, CA
Registration record

N397EA on the FAA register

Type
2025 Pipistrel Alpha Trainer
Serial
AT162A0004
Engines
Rotax 912UL2
Registered owner
Socal Pilot Center
La Quinta, CA
Certificate issued
2025-05-14
Airworthiness date
2025-04-16
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Light sport · airplane
Mode S (hex)
A49D2F
Mode S (octal)
51116457
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N397EA to the current registrant.
  • 2025-04-16
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (light sport category (airplane)).
  • 2013-07-30
    N397EA previously assigned to a Homebuilt Alva Gyro 1 (s/n 001); cancelled.
Overview

About N397EA

N397EA is a 2025 Pipistrel Alpha Trainer, serial number AT162A0004. The FAA register lists Socal Pilot Center as the registrant in La Quinta, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 14, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Rotax 912UL2 engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is light sport category (airplane), dated April 16, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N397EA.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N397EA.

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.