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N38988

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Illinois

N38988 is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Bms Aircraft LLC, an LLC in Tinley Park, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 14, 2008 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 3, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-7716309
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A4804A (octal 51100112)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 14, 2008
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 3, 1977
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00690544

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bms Aircraft LLC
Type
LLC
Address
19601 Ridgemont Dr
Tinley Park, IL 60487-7090

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

1945-08-06Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR · exported to Cuba · Valid registration

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