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N853ND

2020 Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 2881369

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Sep 30, 2027.

Registered owner

University of North Dakota

Owner type: Government
Address: 3980 Campus Rd Stop 9007, Grand Forks, ND 58202
Also named: C/o John D Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
Fleet: 89 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181
Year built: 2020
Serial number: 2881369
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 Jul 9, 2020)
Mode S code: ABB3AD (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Sep 2, 2020 · last FAA action Mar 17, 2023

Past registrations of N853ND

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

Feb 20, 1997 Piper PA-44-180 · serial 4495007 University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND

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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