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N8311L

Piper PA-28-161

N8311L 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 South Pasadena, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 18, 1993 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 26, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-8116104
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
AB5E97 (octal 52657227)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 18, 1993
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · November 26, 1980
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00643401

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Simpson Robert B
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 1301
South Pasadena, CA 91031-1301

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