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N4870U

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Oklahoma

N4870U 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 July 6, 2005 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 25, 2005.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
2842238
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
A60505 (octal 51402405)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 6, 2005
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
January 18, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 25, 2005
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00156949

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 2

1993-04-29Cessna U206G · exported to Guatemala · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1964-07-24Cessna 210-5A(205A) · exported to Australia · Valid registration

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