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N5538A

Piper PA-20

Valid Michigan

N5538A is a Piper PA-20, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1952. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Petersburg, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 1982 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated January 13, 1959.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-20
Serial number
20-944
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1952
Cruising speed
94 mph
Transponder code
A70E01 (octal 51607001)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 29, 1982
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 11, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · January 13, 1959
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00293485

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Rado Robert L
Type
Individual
Address
13915 Ida West Rd
Petersburg, MI 49270-9597

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