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N78561

Piper PA-12

N78561 is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Thermal, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2008 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated July 8, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-2645
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
AAA65D (octal 52523135)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 25, 2008
Expires
November 30, 2027
Last FAA action
April 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · July 8, 1958
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00860405

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gayler Larry
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 403
Thermal, CA 92274-0403

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

1980-11-06Piper PA-12 · Valid registration

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