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N478A

2013 Piper PA-28-181

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 2843746

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jan 31, 2030.

Registered owner

Archer Aircraft LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: 251 Little Falls Dr, Wilmington, DE 19808
Fleet: 16 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-181
Year built: 2013
Serial number: 2843746
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Lycoming O-360-A4M · 180 hp
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Dec 4, 2013)
Mode S code: A5DED2 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jan 22, 2014 · last FAA action Sep 29, 2023

Past registrations of N478A

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

May 9, 1968 Martin 404 · serial 14226 East Coast Leasing Inc · Washington, DC

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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