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N3980U

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Oklahoma

N3980U is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2005. It has 4 seats. It is registered to University Of Oklahoma, a government body in Norman, Oklahoma. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 21, 2005 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 8, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
2842221
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2005
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A4A2EC (octal 51121354)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 21, 2005
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
January 18, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 8, 2005
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00149369

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
University Of Oklahoma
Type
Government
Address
1700 Lexington Ave
Norman, OK 73069-8433
Co-owners
Board Of Regents

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

1984-05-04Rockwell International 690B · exported to New Zealand · Valid registration

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