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N2946Q

Piper PA-28-161

N2946Q is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Kearneysville, West Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 10, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 24, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-7716129
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A3078F (octal 50603617)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 10, 2025
Expires
November 30, 2032
Last FAA action
November 10, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 24, 1977
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00300773

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hess Kenneth J
Type
Individual
Address
132 Naomi Ln
Kearneysville, WV 25430-2549

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