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N98176

1969 Piper PA-28-140

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 28-26088

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Sep 30, 2027.

Registered owner

Bluewater Airmotive Corp

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105, Wilmington, DE 19810
Fleet: 7 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Piper PA-28-140
Year built: 1969
Serial number: 28-26088
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 25, 1969)
Mode S code: ADB247 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Jun 19, 1998 · last FAA action Mar 17, 2023

Past registrations of N98176

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

Aug 30, 1949 Piper J3C-65 · serial 18338 United Flying Service Inc · Baltimore, MD

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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