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N81972

Piper PA-28-161

Valid New York

N81972 is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Elmont, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 2, 2015 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 31, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-8016318
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1980
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AB2E33 (octal 52627063)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 2, 2015
Expires
December 31, 2028
Last FAA action
July 1, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 31, 1980
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00003791

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Reile Roy H
Type
Individual
Address
271 Oakley Ave
Elmont, NY 11003-3204

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

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