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N5438W

Piper PA-28-160

Valid Minnesota

N5438W is a Piper PA-28-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lake City, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 13, 1981 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated April 13, 1966.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-160
Serial number
28-514
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A6E696 (octal 51563226)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 13, 1981
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · April 13, 1966
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00993115

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Howard Arthur L
Type
Individual
Address
1012 W Center St
Lake City, MN 55041-2020

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