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Beech D-45 · Douglas, GA
N157ZL is a Beech D-45 (serial BG-355), registered to Brooks Aviation Inc (corporation) in Douglas, GA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1960 (66 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor O-470 SERIES engine rated at 230 hp, the engine on 64% of registered Beech D-45s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A0E67A. It is one of 70 Beech D-45 aircraft on the FAA registry. Brooks Aviation Inc holds 3 aircraft on the registry.
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37 of the 58 registered Beech D-45 carry this engine (64%), across 10 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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