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N8389A

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Illinois

N8389A is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Ipava, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 12, 1984 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated April 14, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161
Serial number
28-8116228
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1981
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AB79A6 (octal 52674646)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 12, 1984
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · April 14, 1981
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00443171

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jacobus Larry E
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 50
Ipava, IL 61441-0050
Co-owners
Jacobus Corrine M

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