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Who Owns This Plane?

N5985W

1969 Piper PA-28-140

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-25765

Non-citizen corporation hasn't filed flight-hour reports

The FAA record shows a registration issue. The aircraft may not be legal to fly until it's resolved.

Registered owner

Sterling West Corp

Owner type: Non-citizen corporation
Address: 2140 S Dupont Hwy, Camden, DE 19934

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-140
Year built: 1969
Serial number: 28-25765
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 Jul 25, 1979)
Mode S code: A7BE3B (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Oct 31, 2024 · last FAA action Jul 31, 2026

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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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?

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