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N8491D

Piper PA-22-160

Valid Illinois

N8491D is a Piper PA-22-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1957. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Dirty Side Down LLC, an LLC in Downers Grove, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 4, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 13, 1957.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-22-160
Serial number
22-5718
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1957
Cruising speed
94 mph
Transponder code
ABA3C7 (octal 52721707)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 4, 2018
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · November 13, 1957
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00052851

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Dirty Side Down LLC
Type
LLC
Address
C/O David C Rutter
640 Berkshire Ct
Downers Grove, IL 60516-4919

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