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N493DS

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Delaware

N493DS is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1983. 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 August 22, 2014 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 31, 1983.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-8416011
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1983
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A61B99 (octal 51415631)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 22, 2014
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
June 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 31, 1983
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00402064

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Delaware State University
Type
Government
Address
1200 N Dupont Hwy
Dover, DE 19901-2202
Co-owners
Aviation Program

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

2005-09-23Diamond Aircraft DA 40 · exported to Austria · Valid registration

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