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N8261S

Piper PA-28-181

Valid Wisconsin

N8261S is a Piper PA-28-181, 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 Mauston, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2012 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 29, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181
Serial number
28-8190027
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1980
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AB49B1 (octal 52644661)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 28, 2012
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 29, 1980
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00593561

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Hoffmann David M
Type
Individual
Address
W7876 County Road 0
Mauston, WI 53948

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

1965-09-09Cessna 150F · exported to Switzerland · Valid registration

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