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N8638P

Piper PA-24-260

Valid Illinois

N8638P is a Piper PA-24-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Elgin, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 1983 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 16, 1965.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24-260
Serial number
24-4079
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1965
Cruising speed
135 mph
Transponder code
ABDD7A (octal 52756572)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 9, 1983
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 16, 1965
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00932431

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bartell John B
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 5775
Elgin, IL 60121-5775

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