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N55578

Piper PA-28-140

Valid Michigan

N55578 is a Piper PA-28-140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1973. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Traverse City, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 20, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 18, 1973.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-140
Serial number
28-7325435
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1973
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A7156C (octal 51612554)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 20, 2023
Expires
October 31, 2030
Last FAA action
October 20, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · April 18, 1973
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00320006

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gardiner Merrill L
Type
Co-owned
Address
6772 Mission Rdg
Traverse City, MI 49686-6131
Co-owners
Patterson Angela M

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data