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N8874C

1976 Piper PA-28-140

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-7625135

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Jul 31, 2029.

Registered owner

Pleasant Valley Aviation Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 225 Snowbird Ln, Bellefonte, PA 16823
Fleet: 3 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-140
Year built: 1976
Serial number: 28-7625135
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 Feb 10, 1976)
Mode S code: AC3ABD (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jan 25, 1993 · last FAA action Aug 18, 2023

Past registrations of N8874C

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

Sep 21, 1960 Piper PA-22 · serial 22-1485 Memphis Aero Corp · Memphis, TN

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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