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N430DS

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Delaware

N430DS is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Delaware State University, a government body in Dover, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 20, 2000 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 27, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-7816517
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A5237A (octal 51221572)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 20, 2000
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 27, 1978
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00944120

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Delaware State University
Type
Government
Address
1200 N Dupont Hwy
Dover, DE 19901-2202
Co-owners
Airway Science Department

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