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Who Owns This Plane?

N8787C

1976 Piper PA-28-181

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-7690165

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jun 30, 2033.

Registered owner

Brolan Aviation LLC

Owner type: LLC
Address: 5140 Walnut St, Kansas City, MO 64112
Fleet: 11 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-181
Year built: 1976
Serial number: 28-7690165
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
Mode S code: AC175E (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jun 27, 2026 · last FAA action Jun 27, 2026

Past registrations of N8787C

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

Sep 13, 1954 Piper PA-18A · serial 18-3255 Vogel William · La Salle, IL

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

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Where is it now?

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