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Who Owns This Plane?

N401HW

Piper PA-28-181

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28020283

Valid: assigned to the manufacturer under its dealer certificate

Registered with the FAA.

Registered owner

Piper Aircraft Inc

Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
Address: 2926 Piper Dr, Vero Beach, FL 32960
Fleet: 213 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-181
Year built: —
Serial number: 28020283
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated
Mode S code: A4B11C (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)

Past registrations of N401HW

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

Oct 6, 2014 1969 Cessna 401A · serial 401A0045 Fleming Alfred A · Philipsburg

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 A4B11C: FlightAware or ADS-B Exchange. Some owners block tracking through the FAA's privacy programs.

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