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N678JW

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Iowa

N678JW is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Brighton, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 26, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 7, 1995.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-7916266
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A8FA4D (octal 52175115)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 26, 2022
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · December 7, 1995
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00505691

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Whitacre John C
Type
Individual
Address
1544 335Th St
Brighton, IA 52540-9654

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