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N38989

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Colorado

N38989 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 M5 LLC, an LLC in Kit Carson, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 28, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-7716310
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
A4804B (octal 51100113)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 7, 2019
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
March 4, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · July 28, 1977
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00680544

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
M5 LLC
Type
LLC
Address
402 E St
Kit Carson, CO 80825

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 2

1951-04-27Boeing N2S-3 · Valid registration
1946-05-27Ryan 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