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N578FL

Piper PA-28-140

Valid Michigan

N578FL is a Piper PA-28-140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Jackson, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 3, 1971.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-140
Serial number
28-7125430
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A76CA9 (octal 51666251)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 15, 2012
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 3, 1971
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00001525

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chapin William C
Type
Individual
Address
800 Denecourt Ave
Jackson, MI 49202-2916

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