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N4973J

Piper PA-28R-180

N4973J is a Piper PA-28R-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Buxton, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 5, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 1, 1968.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28R-180
Serial number
28R-30724
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A62CE3 (octal 51426343)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 5, 2021
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 1, 1968
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00510745

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Troftgruben Gregory G
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 146
Buxton, ND 58218-0146

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