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N47653

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Virginia

N47653 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 Fat Chance Airlines LLC, an LLC in Hillsville, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 12, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 23, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-7816113
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A5DA87 (octal 51355207)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 12, 2023
Expires
November 30, 2030
Last FAA action
November 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 23, 1977
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00090015

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Fat Chance Airlines LLC
Type
LLC
Address
727 Deer Ridge Rd
Hillsville, VA 24343-5481

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

1951-12-27Taylorcraft DCO-65 · Valid registration

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