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N51DS

Piper PA-24-250

Valid Montana

N51DS is a Piper PA-24-250, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Helena, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 24, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 6, 1959.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24-250
Serial number
24-1201
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
135 mph
Transponder code
A65F72 (octal 51457562)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 24, 2024
Expires
January 31, 2031
Last FAA action
January 24, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · July 6, 1959
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00081265

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Culbertson William T
Type
Individual
Address
4275 Hart Ln
Helena, MT 59602-8604

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