Single-engine piston

N97BL

2006 Homebuilt Bleriot XI

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2006
Serial
JL01
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum (Corporation)
Based
Hood River, OR
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Registration record

N97BL on the FAA register

Type
2006 Homebuilt Bleriot XI
Serial
JL01
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum
Hood River, OR
Certificate issued
2023-02-14
Airworthiness date
2006-08-14
Registration expires
2030-02-28
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AD8170
Mode S (octal)
53300560
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-02-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N97BL.
  • 2006-08-14
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
Overview

About N97BL

N97BL is a 2006 Homebuilt Bleriot XI, serial number JL01. The FAA register lists Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum as the registrant in Hood River, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 14, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 1 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated August 14, 2006.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N97BL. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1993-11-02 Accident · Bartow, FL Damage: Substantial NTSB · MIA94T#A01
Reported aircraft: Bell 206-BIII — a different aircraft that carried the N97BL 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.