Piper PA-28-161
N2973Y is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Valiair Limited CO Trustee, an LLC in Casper, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 2, 2021 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 1, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 28-8016012
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A31253 (octal 50611123)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 2, 2021
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2026
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 1, 1979
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00920943
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Valiair Limited CO Trustee
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 330 S Center St Ste 300
Casper, WY 82601-2873
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N2973Y links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,636 registered
- Piper 44,847 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,313 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Valiair Limited CO Trustee 91 aircraft in the fleet
- Casper, WY 1,206 aircraft registered in this town
- Casper/Natrona County International · CPR
- Irwins Sky Ranch Airport · HAD
- Wyoming 3,228 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 90 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 3,267 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 697 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N2973Y, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Valiair Limited CO Trustee, an LLC, certificate issued September 2, 2021, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 1, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8016012 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2973Y according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N2973Y: Accident on November 13, 1997 at Pittstown, NJ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
the pilot's misjudgment of distance and speed during the approach, and her failure to perform a go-around.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data