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Ryan NAVION B · 1950 · Northridge, CA
N5173K is a 1950 Ryan NAVION B (serial NAV-4-2073B), registered to Navion West Inc (corporation) in Northridge, CA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires December 2032; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 1955 (71 years ago). It carries a Lycoming GO-435C&D SER engine rated at 260 hp, the engine on 70% of registered Ryan NAVION Bs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A67E3B. It is one of 68 Ryan NAVION B aircraft on the FAA registry. Navion West Inc holds 6 aircraft on the registry.
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47 of the 67 registered Ryan NAVION B carry this engine (70%), across 9 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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