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N1651N

Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B

Valid Montana

N1651N is an Aviat Inc PITTS S-2B, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1995. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bozeman, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 18, 2017 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 27, 1995. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).

Aircraft

Maker
Aviat Inc
Model
PITTS S-2B · all PITTS S-2Bs and related versions
Serial number
5331
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming AEIO-540 SER · 260 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1995
Transponder code
A106C9 (octal 50203311)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 18, 2017
Expires
September 30, 2027
Last FAA action
March 17, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · December 27, 1995
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00385641

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hartley John R
Type
Individual
Address
64 E Clara Ct
Bozeman, MT 59718-9151

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Documents on file 1

2026-09-29Loan or lien (security agreement)

Earlier use of this number 1

—Mcclish FUNK B85C · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Records check free · 2 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N1651N, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Hartley John R, an individual, certificate issued September 18, 2017, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated December 27, 1995, consistent with the 1995 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5331 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1651N was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcclish FUNK B85C (serial 436, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

ATTENTIONRecent registry documents

1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 29, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N1651N. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data