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Who Owns This Plane?

N79PA

2020 Piper PA-28-181

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 2881293

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Sep 30, 2028.

Registered owner

Flightgest Academy LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: 1750 E International Dr Ste 3, Morrisville, NC 27560
Fleet: 14 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-181
Year built: 2020
Serial number: 2881293
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Piston · Lycoming IO-360-B4A · 180 hp
Seats: 4
Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Apr 17, 2020)
Mode S code: AAB6F2 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Sep 8, 2021 · last FAA action Feb 14, 2026

Past registrations of N79PA

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

Nov 19, 2014 Bailey TEENIE TWO · serial 15-1599 Bailey Steven K · Alturas, CA

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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