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N78WS

Piper PA-38-112

Valid Minnesota

N78WS is a Piper PA-38-112, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1978. It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Burnsville, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 7, 1989 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 8, 1978.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-38-112
Serial number
38-78A0179
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1978
Cruising speed
183 mph
Transponder code
AA9032 (octal 52510062)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 7, 1989
Expires
June 30, 2029
Last FAA action
August 11, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · May 8, 1978
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00844820

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hjelmstad David J
Type
Co-owned
Address
10925 27Th Ave So
Burnsville, MN 55337
Co-owners
Hjelmstad Linda A

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