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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N2161G

N2161G is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-28-181 built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 22, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".

Piper PA-28-181 cancelled February 22, 2017

Serial number
28-7990193
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1978
Last status
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
March 11, 1983
Last FAA action
May 18, 2010
Last owner
Spoolstra Calvin G (Partnership)
Bellflower, CA
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility

NTSB accident and incident record under N2161G

LAX98LA284Accident on September 5, 1998 at Oroville, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · serial 28-7990193

the pilot's inaccurate preflight and in-flight fuel consumption calculations, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. The pilot's failure to obtain the proper engine power setting charts to use in fuel consumption calculations was also causal.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site