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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
N758VU	Cessna R172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-29	Valid
N84GN	Blanck Greg J RV-8	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2014-01-29	Valid
N596JR	Champion 7ECA	Individual owner California	None on file	2014-01-28	Valid
N364DC	Clowes Delbert CH 750	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-27	Valid
N42BL	Lindeke Robert L RV-4	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-27	Valid
N7565V	Cessna 177RG	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-27	Valid
N8468P	Piper PA-24-400	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-27	Valid
N7154F	Cessna 150F	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-24	Valid
N171ES	Cessna 182P	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-23	Valid
N4PM	Stuart Moore A VANS RV-6A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-23	Valid
N6213W	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-23	Valid
N333NC	Piper PA-28-180	Capital Flying INC Elk Grove, California	Standard	2014-01-22	Valid
N53003	Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-21	Valid
N1226B	Johnson Ernest P RV-6A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-17	Valid
N6598T	Cessna 150	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-16	Valid
N7715	Marcel J Chapuis SPEZIO SPORT	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-16	Valid
N877GW	Cirrus Design Corp SR22	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-16	Valid
N4947F	Piper PA-32R-300	Kpw Enterprises INC Chula Vista, California	Standard	2014-01-15	Valid
N7654N	Beech 36	E W Merritt Farms Porterville, California	Standard	2014-01-15	Valid
N991DC	Hannula Charles R DR 107	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-15	Valid
N1421R	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-14	Valid
N4430E	Aeronca 7AC	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-14	Valid
N6671K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C	Richter Aviation INC Maxwell, California	Restricted	2014-01-14	Valid
N70238	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-14	Valid
N21PC	Mombourquette Paul SONERAI II B	San Diego Air & Space Museum San Diego, California	Experimental	2014-01-13	Valid
N46795	Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR	San Diego Air & Space Museum San Diego, California	Standard	2014-01-13	Valid
N432JA	Cessna Aircraft Co LC41-550FG	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-10	Valid
N618BD	Piper PA 46-350P	Sandhu Sky Ventures LLC Livermore, California	Standard	2014-01-10	Valid
N6726B	Piper PA-22-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-10	Valid
N9559Z	Ryan NAVION A	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-10	Valid
N1325R	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-09	Valid
N195H	Cessna 195	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N5771H	Bruce T Hill RV-9A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-08	Valid
N59843	Cons Vultee/Lacey BT-13B	Individual owner California	None on file	2014-01-08	Valid
N980T	Travland Oscar RV-4	Grouleff Aviation INC San Joaquin, California	Experimental	2014-01-08	Valid
N9918N	Cessna 180J	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N403X	Maule M-5-235C	Cc Motors LLC Redding, California	Standard	2014-01-07	Valid
N42648	Cessna 182L	Propwash 182 LLC Visalia, California	Standard	2014-01-07	Valid
N44SJ	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-07	Valid
N77946	Luscombe 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-07	Valid
N141TJ	James Timothy H GLASTAR	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-06	Valid
N433JD	Paynter James R RV-9A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2014-01-06	Valid
N9718L	Beech B19	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-01-06	Valid
N6278Y	Cessna T210N	Town & Country Aviation LLC Sunnyvale, California	Standard	2014-01-02	Valid
N8695M	Beech S35	Ground Floor Design LLC Idyllwild, California	Standard	2014-01-02	Valid
N9087W	Piper PA-28-235	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-02	Valid
N93593	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-12-31	Valid
N355AA	Cessna 152	Above All Aviation INC Santa Barbara, California	Standard	2013-12-30	Valid
N68477	Cessna 152	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-12-24	Valid
N9598R	Beech M35	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-12-24	Valid
N2185X	Piper PA-28-181	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-12-23	Valid
N51RG	Griffin Robert PITTS SPECIAL	Individual owner California	None on file	2013-12-23	Valid
N54503	Flugzeugwerke Altenrhein Ag BUECKER 133	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-12-20	Valid
N9284S	Beech B24R	Tamad Aviation LLC Tracy, California	Standard	2013-12-20	Valid
N396SP	Cessna 172S	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-12-18	Valid
N5151E	Cessna 182R	Blhh Dixon, California	Standard	2013-12-18	Valid
N15630	Piper PA-28-180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-12-16	Valid
N29TA	Grover Troy Anthony GROVER RV-6	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2013-12-16	Valid
N5399J	Cessna 172N	Mann Aviation INC Long Beach, California	Standard	2013-12-13	Valid
N3907F	Cessna 172	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-12-12	Valid
N450K	Cessna Aircraft Co LC41-550FG	Skylife Enterprises LLC Long Beach, California	Standard	2013-12-12	Valid
N69YG	Beech F33A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-12-10	Valid
N739M	Cessna P210N	Caurus Power INC Santa Rosa, California	Standard	2013-12-10	Valid
N5929Z	Dave M Brown ZENITH CH 750	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-12-09	Valid
N10332	Cessna Aircraft Co LC41-550FG	Tx Holdings Hermosa Beach, California	Standard	2013-12-05	Valid
N625PT	Ryan Richard M 2003	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-12-05	Valid
N2663V	Cessna 170	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-12-02	Valid
N276CX	Gayda Russell D THATCHER CX4	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-12-02	Valid
N5545M	Aero Commander 100	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-12-02	Valid
N6535K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C	Jones Aviation INC Biggs, California	Restricted	2013-12-02	Valid
N6596K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C	Jones Aviation INC Biggs, California	Restricted	2013-12-02	Valid
N70046	Cessna 172M	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-27	Valid
N7430Z	Piper PA-25-235	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-27	Valid
N2859T	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-26	Valid
N6334M	Cessna 152	Sundance Flying Club INC Palo Alto, California	Standard	2013-11-26	Valid
N1423X	Piper PA-28-151	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-11-22	Valid
N7860P	Piper PA-24-250	Valley Aircraft Management INC Visalia, California	Standard	2013-11-22	Valid
N53222	Piper J3C-65	Pacific Valley Aviation INC Arbuckle, California	Standard	2013-11-21	Valid
N7768M	Mooney M20F	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-11-20	Valid
N718BP	Cirrus Design Corp SR22T	Baywater Publishing LLC San Mateo, California	Standard	2013-11-19	Valid
N79DS	Beech B36TC	Bonanza Air Ventures LLC Mammoth Lakes, California	Standard	2013-11-19	Valid
N871BR	Diamond Aircraft DA 40	Eva Flight Training Academy Mather, California	Standard	2013-11-19	Valid
N1824	Cessna 182	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-11-18	Valid
N178TL	Beaulieu Louis RV-9	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-11-14	Valid
N2068D	Beech D35	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-14	Valid
N91844	Cessna 182M	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-14	Valid
N199AM	Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B	Veterinary Imaging Solutions INC Davis, California	Standard	2013-11-13	Valid
N50311	Cessna 150H	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-13	Valid
N5543E	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-13	Valid
N5344M	Cessna 152	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-12	Valid
N6797Y	Beech A36	Far West Ranches INC Brawley, California	Standard	2013-11-12	Valid
N8295D	Beech J35	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-11-07	Valid
N9542H	Cessna 172M	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-06	Valid
N1076X	Piper PA-28-151	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-11-05	Valid
N531MC	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C	Jones Aviation INC Biggs, California	Restricted	2013-11-04	Valid
N756AC	Christopher Jon Brown STOL CH750	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-11-04	Valid
N258MM	King Michael R RV9A	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2013-11-01	Valid
N757AH	Cessna 152	Red Sky Aviation LLC Livermore, California	Standard	2013-11-01	Valid
N108NB	Brooks Neil T KITFOX SPEEDSTER	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-10-31	Valid
N4550B	Cessna 180	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-10-31	Valid