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N47971

1977 Piper PA-28-181

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-7890163

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Nov 30, 2029.

Registered owner

Five X Five Flight Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: Po Box 9643, The Woodlands, TX 77387
Fleet: 2 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-181
Year built: 1977
Serial number: 28-7890163
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Oct 20, 1977)
Mode S code: A5E5F0 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Nov 28, 2022 · last FAA action Sep 15, 2023

Past registrations of N47971

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

Oct 18, 1950 Fairchild M-62A · serial T41-930 Morris Carl R · Los Alamos, NM

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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