Aircraft Description
N2897S is a Lockheed P-38L-5, a twin-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Worlds Greatest Aircraft Collection INC in Polk City, FL. This aircraft holds a restricted airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on July 3, 1956. The registration certificate was issued on March 3, 1982. The registration is set to expire on March 31, 2030. The aircraft is configured with 1 seat. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A2F2C8 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N2897S was last updated on October 13, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
Lockheed Corporation (now Lockheed Martin) was a major American aerospace company that produced legendary aircraft from the P-38 Lightning to the SR-71 Blackbird, L-1011 TriStar, and C-130 Hercules military transport. AviatorDB tracks 222 Lockheed aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the P-38L-5 model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N2897S. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-01 01:32:20 UTC