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N1478X

Piper PA-28-140

Valid Florida

N1478X is a Piper PA-28-140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1975. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mello Edward R JR, a partnership in Land O Lakes, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 12, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 25, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-140
Serial number
28-7525292
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1975
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A0C037 (octal 50140067)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 12, 2026
Expires
February 28, 2033
Last FAA action
February 12, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 25, 1975
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00021800

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mello Edward R JR
Type
Partnership
Address
PO Box 1566
Land O Lakes, FL 34639-1566
Co-owners
Watkins Debra K

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data