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N5970U

Piper PA-28-140

Valid Ohio

N5970U is a Piper PA-28-140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Helena, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2005 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 28, 1970.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-140
Serial number
28-26857
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1970
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A7B9D3 (octal 51734723)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 2, 2005
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · April 28, 1970
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00202035

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thatcher Jay C
Type
Individual
Address
4346 County Road 59
Helena, OH 43435-9718

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