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N5246L

Piper PA-28-180

Valid Tennessee

N5246L is a Piper PA-28-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Franklin, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 31, 2012 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 15, 1967.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-180
Serial number
28-4541
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1967
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A69AFF (octal 51515377)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 31, 2012
Expires
May 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 12, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · December 15, 1967
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00432455

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smithson Thomas E
Type
Individual
Address
2021 Cedarmont Dr
Franklin, TN 37067-4019

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