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N8871D

Piper PA-22-160

N8871D is a Piper PA-22-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1958. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lyle, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 14, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 12, 1958.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-22-160
Serial number
22-6045
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1958
Cruising speed
94 mph
Transponder code
AC3A55 (octal 53035125)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 14, 2022
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 12, 1958
FAA region
Northwest Mountain
FAA record id
00051841

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith James A
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 616
Lyle, WA 98635-0013

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