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N6878K

Piper PA-16

N6878K is a Piper PA-16, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1949. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Conover, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 29, 1990 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 2, 1955.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-16
Serial number
16-721
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1949
Cruising speed
87 mph
Transponder code
A920B2 (octal 52220262)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 29, 1990
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · August 2, 1955
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00470177

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mitchell David R
Type
Individual
Address
6033 Monford Dr
Conover, NC 28613-8701

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