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N8979P

Piper PA-24-260

Valid Nebraska

N8979P is a Piper PA-24-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bennet, Nebraska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 26, 2005 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 25, 1993. 3 documents are on file: 3 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24-260
Serial number
24-4438
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1966
Cruising speed
135 mph
Transponder code
AC62F6 (octal 53061366)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 26, 2005
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 25, 1993
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00151875

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shortridge Mary E
Type
Individual
Address
12401 Yankee Hill Rd
Bennet, NE 68317-2379

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 3

2026-09-22Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-22Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-22Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data