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N2918X

1979 Piper PA-28-161

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-7916543

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2032.

Registered owner

Flight Leasing Corp

Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
Address: 5305 Limestone Rd Ste 200, Wilmington, DE 19808
Fleet: 10 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-161
Year built: 1979
Serial number: 28-7916543
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Jun 26, 1979)
Mode S code: A2FCB7 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 17, 2025 · last FAA action Apr 17, 2025

Past registrations of N2918X

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Sep 21, 1970 Cessna 177 · serial 17700318 Patterson Aircraft Co · Sacramento, CA

What a Piper Cherokee looks likePhoto of a Piper Cherokee, not this aircraft: Mike Burdett, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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