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N78597

Piper PA-12

Valid Minnesota

N78597 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 Montevideo, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 2, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 2, 1995.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-12
Serial number
12-3960
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1947
Cruising speed
82 mph
Transponder code
AAA6CC (octal 52523314)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 2, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
April 14, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 2, 1995
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00302228

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Borgerson Mark
Type
Individual
Address
10045 20Th St SW
Montevideo, MN 56265-3131

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

1977-11-07Cessna 172K · Valid registration

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