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N8179H

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Alabama

N8179H is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1982. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sam Air LLC, an LLC in Daphne, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2021 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 15, 1984.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-8216138
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1982
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AB26F8 (octal 52623370)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 30, 2021
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 15, 1984
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00630042

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sam Air LLC
Type
LLC
Address
11873 County Road 54
Daphne, AL 36526-5433

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 2

1980-11-19Piper PA-28-161 · exported to Australia · Valid registration
1959-06-01Mitchell Donald S NIMBUS · Valid registration

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