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Pennsylvania aircraft registrations

Aggregate counts from the FAA Aircraft Registry, by registration state. No individual owners are named on this page.

6,172aircraft registered in Pennsylvania
Piper PA-28-140most common model

Most common models registered in Pennsylvania

Top models by count of currently registered aircraft in Pennsylvania (FAA).

ModelRegistered in Pennsylvania
Piper PA-28-140 136
Piper PA-28-180 127
Piper J3C-65 124
Piper PA-28-181 107
Cessna 172M 89
Cirrus Design SR22 77
Cessna 172N 62
Aeronca 7AC 59
Cirrus Design SR22T 57
Piper PA-28-161 53
Cessna 150L 45
Piper PA-28-151 42
Cessna 152 40
Piper PA-28R-200 38
Mooney M20C 38

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The free registries search by current tail number — so an airframe that was wrecked, rebuilt, and re-registered under a new N-number shows clean on every one of them. The accident stays filed under the tail it wore at the time. The $79 report cross-matches by manufacturer serial number to surface that hidden history — plus every registrant on record, registration expiry, recent FAA filings (the lien signal), and the full NTSB narrative for each event. Instant, no account, no ads.

This is an informational report compiled from public FAA and NTSB records. It is not a title search, lien abstract, or airworthiness determination, and does not replace a pre-purchase inspection. Liens and encumbrances require the certified FAA records — not included in the instant report.

source: FAA Aircraft Registry FAA data as of 2026-08-17