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N8120J

Piper PA-28-161

N8120J is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Plumas Lake, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 28, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 16, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-8016140
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AB132B (octal 52611453)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 28, 2021
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 16, 1979
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00360282

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cope Christopher J
Type
Individual
Address
1420 Arlington Way
Plumas Lake, CA 95961-9135

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