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N178BA

Piper PA-38-112

Valid Tennessee

N178BA is a Piper PA-38-112, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Christiana, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2023 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 31, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-38-112
Serial number
38-78A0064
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
183 mph
Transponder code
A136FF (octal 50233377)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 23, 2023
Expires
February 28, 2030
Last FAA action
February 23, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 31, 1978
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00510391

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Buck James
Type
Individual
Address
108 Mallow Dr
Christiana, TN 37037-5380

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