Skip to content

Who Owns This Plane?

N36800

1978 Piper PA-28-161

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-7816658

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2032.

Registered owner

Fly Aviation Corp

Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
Address: 5305 Limestone Rd Ste 200, Wilmington, DE 19808
Fleet: 9 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-161
Year built: 1978
Serial number: 28-7816658
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 30, 1978)
Mode S code: A42C75 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 10, 2025 · last FAA action Jul 15, 2025

Past registrations of N36800

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

Sep 24, 1942 Aeronca 65-TAF · serial F1471TA Stinson Flying Corp · Belmont, CA

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

Check the official record

This page mirrors the FAA's public registry file dated Oct 30, 2026. The FAA's own N-number inquiry is the official record, with the full owner address and documents.

Where is it now?

The registry doesn't show where an aircraft is flying. Flight trackers do, by tail number or Mode S code A42C75: FlightAware or ADS-B Exchange. Some owners block tracking through the FAA's privacy programs.

Something wrong?

Owners update their registration with the FAA Aircraft Registry; changes appear here the day after the FAA publishes them. Email admin@whoownsthisplane.com about how this site shows a record.