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N497DS

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Delaware

N497DS 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 August 30, 2001 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 17, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-7816567
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
A62A75 (octal 51425165)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 30, 2001
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · April 17, 1978
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00921593

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 Dept

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