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A Piper AEROSTAR 601, the same model family as N703US
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N703US

Piper AEROSTAR 601P

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNevada

N703US is a Piper AEROSTAR 601P, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 25, 2021 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 20, 1979.

Where is it now Last seen October 12 at 11:24 am.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
AEROSTAR 601P · all AEROSTAR 601Ps and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The Ted Smith Aerostar. This is how the Piper AEROSTAR 601 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
61P06967963332
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
6
Year built
1979
Transponder code
A96186 (octal 52260606)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 25, 2021
Expires
February 29, 2028
Last FAA action
August 1, 2023
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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 20, 1979
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00011066

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Gurney David e
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
1402 e 9Th St Unit 4
Reno, NV 89512-2967

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1998-10-17Boeing 727-295 · Sale reported

Connections how N703US links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N703US, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Gurney David e, an individual, certificate issued February 25, 2021, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 20, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 61P06967963332 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N703US was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing 727-295 (serial 19446, cancelled October 17, 1998). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N703US. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data