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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 10, 2026Vollmers Walter K SONERAI IIL
N317WM is a Vollmers Walter K SONERAI IIL, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1986. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in West Fargo, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 7, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 13, 1987.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Vollmers Walter K
- Model
- SONERAI IIL
- Serial number
- 559
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Volkswagen CONVERSION · 36 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas; the engine's maker also approves mogas, UL91, UL94
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1986
- Transponder code
- A362D2 (octal 50661322)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 7, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 13, 1987
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00781027
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Jennings Delbert K
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 314 10Th Ave e
West Fargo, ND 58078-3004
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N317WM links to the rest of the register
- Vollmers Walter K 1 aircraft on the register
- Volkswagen (converted) CONVERSION 374 aircraft with this engine series · 36 hp
- West Fargo, ND 41 aircraft registered in this town
- North Dakota 2,493 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N317WM, 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.
Valid registration to Jennings Delbert K, an individual, certificate issued April 7, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 13, 1987, consistent with the 1986 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 559 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N317WM according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N317WM: Accident on July 11, 1998 at Lincoln, ND: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Vollmers SONERAI II L · operated under 091
Loss of engine power due to a corroded ignition wire. Related factors were the tailwind, and ditch.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data