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Who Owns This Plane?

N71128

1972 Piper PA-28-140

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-7225450

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2028.

Registered owner

Eastern Stearman Inc Trustee

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 41665 Browns Farm Ln, Leesburg, VA 20176
Fleet: 111 aircraft registered to this owner

Registered to a trustee: the bank or trust company holds title for a beneficial owner who isn't named in the public registry. How owner trusts work.

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-140
Year built: 1972
Serial number: 28-7225450
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 7, 1997)
Mode S code: A98283 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 9, 2021 · last FAA action May 14, 2023

Past registrations of N71128

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

Jan 3, 1995 Luscombe 8E · serial 2555 Burbank Elizabeth B · Mount Dora, FL

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?

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