N297KE
2023 Elsammak Karim RV-8
Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 83116
Valid registration
Registered with the FAA until Aug 31, 2032.
Registered owner
Mengarelli Michael
- Owner type
- Individual
- Location
- Makanda, IL
Registered to an individual. The FAA lists people last name first. We show the city and state only; the full mailing address is in the FAA's own record.
Aircraft
- Make and model
- Elsammak Karim RV-8
- Year built
- 2023
- Serial number
- 83116
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
- Engines
- 1 × Piston · Lycoming IO-360-M1B · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Weight class
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification
- Amateur-built or kit (not type certificated) · Experimental airworthiness (issued Mar 12, 2023)
- Mode S code
- A31061 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
- Registered since
- Aug 26, 2025 · last FAA action Aug 26, 2025