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Piston singles in California

17,713 on the U.S. register with owners in California (all states). The backbone of general aviation: single-engine piston airplanes from trainers and touring aircraft to kit-built experimentals. Two in three registered aircraft are in this group.

Makers top 15

Makers, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna	5,448
Piper	2,714
Beech	1,243
Cirrus Design Corp	731
Mooney	553
Bellanca	231
Aeronca	228
Grumman American Avn. Corp.	178
North American	164
Luscombe	148
Boeing	147
Stinson	135
Diamond Aircraft	118
Champion	111
Taylorcraft	101

Models top 15

Models, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna 172N	367
Cirrus Design Corp SR22T	347
Piper PA-28-140	331
Cessna 172M	291
Piper PA-28-180	274
Cirrus Design Corp SR22	256
Cessna 182P	244
Cessna 152	231
Cessna 172S	212
Piper PA-28-181	211
Beech A36	198
Piper J3C-65	191
Cessna 182Q	158
Cessna 140	150
Piper PA-24-250	150

Registrations by year latest certificate held

Registrations by year, as a table

	aircraft
2015	510
2016	539
2017	762
2018	705
2019	866
2020	887
2021	1,144
2022	1,103
2023	1,725
2024	1,338
2025	1,275
2026	923

Who owns them

Individual9,685 (55%)Co-owned2,726 (15%)LLC2,508 (14%)Corporation2,223 (13%)Partnership312 (2%)Non-citizen corporation151 (0.9%)Government106 (0.6%)Non-citizen co-owned2 (0.0%)

By owner type, as a table

	aircraft	share
Individual	9,685	55%
Co-owned	2,726	15%
LLC	2,508	14%
Corporation	2,223	13%
Partnership	312	2%
Non-citizen corporation	151	0.9%
Government	106	0.6%
Non-citizen co-owned	2	0.0%

Largest fleets companies, LLCs, trusts and government bodies

Largest fleets, as a table

	aircraft
Airplane Factory INC	50
Planes of Fame Air Museum	48
Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC	36
Jet & Rotor Aviation LLC	24
Iasco Flight Training INC	23
Coast Flight Training and Management INC	22
Aviation Financial CORP	22
Sorbi Aviation INC	21
California In Nice INC	20
Amelia Reid Aviation LLC	20
Icon Aircraft INC	18
California Baptist University	17

Owner names as the FAA publishes them. Individuals are not listed at this time. All piston singles fleets

Aircraft newest registrations first · 17,713 in all

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N28618	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-02	Valid
N2956A	Piper PA-28-236	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-02	Valid
N5376N	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-02	Valid
N9858A	Cessna 195A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-11-02	Valid
N5580M	Boeing B75N1	Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum INC Compton, California	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N62KH	Hawker Beechcraft Corp G36	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N88031	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N88226	Piper J3C-65	Neal Theodore Healdsburg, California	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N9227P	Piper PA-24-260	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-01	Valid
N515RJ	Beech B36TC	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-31	Valid
N6512W	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-31	Valid
N787DA	Cessna 182J	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-31	Valid
N90383	Globe GC-1A	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-31	Valid
N920AM	Cirrus Design Corp SR22T	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-30	Valid
N8935G	Cessna 182N	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-27	Valid
N2464R	Cessna 182G	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-26	Valid
N74571	Mooney M20B	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-26	Valid
N2882D	Ryan NAVION	Pacific Coast Air Museum Santa Rosa, California	Standard	2017-10-25	Valid
N3119R	Cessna 182L	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-25	Valid
N31661	Piper PA-32RT-300	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-25	Valid
N795DT	Tolkach Dennis CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-10-25	Valid
N617ET	Piper PA-32-300	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-24	Valid
N9181R	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Air Center Aviation INC Van Nuys, California	Standard	2017-10-24	Valid
N6961J	Piper PA-32R-300	Baja Airventures INC Chula Vista, California	Standard	2017-10-23	Valid
N308DW	Cessna 152	8Dw LLC Glendale, California	Standard	2017-10-20	Valid
N848H	Davis V-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-20	Valid
N9946E	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-20	Valid
N41262	Piper PA-28-151	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-19	Valid
N54661	Cessna 172P	Executive Flyers INC Sacramento, California	Standard	2017-10-19	Valid
N6662T	Beech V35B	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-19	Valid
N818LE	Carpenter Jeffrey W CARPENTER X10	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2017-10-19	Valid
N2275E	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-18	Valid
N2406J	Piper PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-18	Valid
N694PR	Cirrus Design Corp SR22	Advanced Charter Industries LLC Orange, California	Standard	2017-10-18	Valid
N1451D	North American/Aero Classics P-51D	Co-owned owner California	Limited	2017-10-17	Valid
N222NX	Monnett Jeremy T ONEX	Individual owner California	None on file	2017-10-17	Valid
N50920	Cessna 150J	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-17	Valid
N758MQ	Cessna R172K	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-10-17	Valid
N7975U	Cessna 172F	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-17	Valid
N8835R	Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-17	Valid
N209E	Hughes David S KITFOX S7 SUPER SPOR	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-10-16	Valid
N38375	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-16	Valid
N8045P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-16	Valid
N46HY	Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B	Celli Consulting LLC Stockton, California	Standard	2017-10-12	Valid
N9376T	Piper PA-38-112	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-12	Valid
N1964Z	Cessna 150C	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-11	Valid
N210HK	Cessna R172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-11	Valid
N298PW	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-11	Valid
N85TF	Fedesna Thomas R VARI-EZE	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-10-11	Valid
N2582D	Cessna 170B	Friesen Gary J Mariposa, California	Multiple	2017-10-10	Valid
N55231	Cessna 172S	Golf November Aero LLC Sunnyvale, California	Standard	2017-10-10	Valid
N5545J	Piper PA-32-260	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-10	Valid
N60835	Cessna 150J	Jet & Rotor Aviation LLC Sacramento, California	Standard	2017-10-10	Valid
N1997H	Piper PA-28R-201T	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-05	Valid
N52777	Stinson L-5	Individual owner California	Restricted	2017-10-05	Valid
N235CM	Piper PA-32-260	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-04	Valid
N2716D	Cessna 170B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-10-04	Valid
N5669L	American AA-1	Gallien Justin A Livermore, California	Standard	2017-10-04	Valid
N685CD	Cirrus Design Corp SR22	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-04	Valid
N72KH	Hester-Chow Stewart K RV-7A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-10-04	Valid
N8491X	Cessna 172C	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-10-04	Valid
N73GT	Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1C-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-10-03	Valid
N28CU	North American T-28B	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-10-02	Valid
N2104T	Piper PA-28R-200	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-09-29	Valid
N5375L	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-29	Valid
N18VE	M-Squared Aircraft BREESE 2	Sky Knights Flight Club Thousand Oaks, California	Experimental	2017-09-28	Valid
N631CT	Cessna 172S	Coast Flight Training and Management INC San Diego, California	Standard	2017-09-28	Valid
N9094B	Champion 7FC	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-28	Valid
N1978M	Couillard Michael R TWINSTAR MARK III	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-09-27	Valid
N26170	Piper J3L-65	Figure I Foundation Los Angeles, California	Standard	2017-09-27	Valid
N56046	Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-27	Valid
N638CT	Cessna 172S	Coast Flight Training and Management INC San Diego, California	Standard	2017-09-27	Valid
N639CT	Cessna 172S	Coast Flight Training & Management INC San Diego, California	Standard	2017-09-27	Valid
N647RM	Vans Aircraft Inc RV-12	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-09-27	Valid
N822M	Beech 35-C33A	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-27	Valid
N878EA	Cirrus Design Corp SR20	N878Ea LLC Sherman Oaks, California	Standard	2017-09-27	Valid
N1917X	Kilpatrick John N SPAD XIII C.1	Kilpatrick John N Redding, California	Experimental	2017-09-26	Valid
N223ER	Cirrus Design Corp SR22	Kern Delta CO LLC Fresno, California	Standard	2017-09-26	Valid
N2938U	Piper PA-28-181	Archer Two Aviation LLC Walnut Creek, California	Standard	2017-09-26	Valid
N344J	North American NAVION A	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-26	Valid
N3533A	Piper PA-22	Kilpatrick John N Redding, California	Standard	2017-09-26	Valid
N7000E	Cessna 175A	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-26	Valid
N722WB	North American T-6G	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-26	Valid
N2912T	Aero Commander 200D	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-25	Valid
N74824	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-25	Valid
N77JC	Lauck James Edward PITTS S1S	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-09-25	Valid
N88RL	Piper PA-28R-201T	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-25	Valid
N1504V	Cessna 172M	Culman William A Scotts Valley, California	Standard	2017-09-21	Valid
N28328	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-21	Valid
N33112	Piper J3C-65	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-09-21	Valid
N65124	Boeing A75N1(PT17)	Co-owned owner California	Restricted	2017-09-21	Valid
N66711	Boeing A75N1	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-09-21	Valid
N2146D	Beech D35	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N734UZ	Cessna 172N	Dream Unthreatened LLC San Luis Obispo, California	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N735AV	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N759RD	Cessna 182Q	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N80411	Beech 35	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N50HL	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-19	Valid
N71549	Luscombe 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-09-18	Valid
N251HP	Cessna 172RG	Koch & Koch INC Grass Valley, California	Standard	2017-09-14	Valid