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N7974Y

Piper PA-30

Valid Louisiana

N7974Y is a Piper PA-30, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hackberry, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 22, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 22, 1966. 4 documents are on file: 4 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-30
Serial number
30-1073
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming IO-320 SERIES · 150 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1966
Cruising speed
139 mph
Transponder code
AAD501 (octal 52552401)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 22, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
May 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 22, 1966
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00085270

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hughes Frank H
Type
Individual
Address
213 Johnny Benoit Rd
Hackberry, LA 70645-3806

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 4

2026-09-04Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-04Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-04Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-04Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

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