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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
N926DT	Nelson Douglas VANS RV-8	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-01-16	Valid
N36XC	Cessna 182Q	Hangar C-403 LLC Walnut Creek, California	Standard	2013-01-15	Valid
N58666	Cessna 182P	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-01-14	Valid
N5883J	Beech S35	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-14	Valid
N2174J	Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20S	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-01-11	Valid
N6661M	Cessna 182P	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-01-11	Valid
N136TC	Beech A36TC	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-09	Valid
N5507C	Cessna 170A	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-09	Valid
N680Z	John Kalisz K3 ROCKET	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-01-09	Valid
N317D	Bucker BU-133	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-01-08	Valid
N756QX	Cessna R182	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-08	Valid
N99HC	Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-01-07	Valid
N3130R	Piper PA-28R-180	N738Yc LLC Fresno, California	Standard	2013-01-04	Valid
N334SE	Beech F33A	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-04	Valid
N48078	Aeronca 0-58B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2013-01-04	Valid
N5450	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164A	Growers Air Service Woodland, California	Restricted	2013-01-04	Valid
N733RN	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-04	Valid
N300RA	Mooney M20M	Sharper Media LLC Irvine, California	Standard	2013-01-03	Valid
N71632	Luscombe 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-03	Valid
N4937N	Boeing A75N1(PT17)	Individual owner California	Standard	2013-01-02	Valid
N7660N	Beech J35	Co-owned owner California	Multiple	2013-01-02	Valid
N237HR	Cubcrafters Inc CC11-160	Henning Rice Farms INC Orland, California	Light sport	2012-12-28	Valid
N1809L	Beech F33A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-19	Valid
N8263A	Beech F33A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-19	Valid
N22568	Cessna 150H	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-17	Valid
N497L	Beech A36	Gulf Sierra Air CORP Portola Valley, California	Standard	2012-12-17	Valid
N65710	Cessna 172P	Beach Cities Aviation Academy LLC Hawthorne, California	Standard	2012-12-17	Valid
N9199R	Boeing A75N1(PT17)	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-17	Valid
N1185V	Beech D17S	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-12-12	Valid
N4881S	Piper PA-32-260	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-12	Valid
N5024D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-12	Valid
N979RV	John L Rhodes RV-9A	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-12-12	Valid
N47CP	Cessna 180	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-11	Valid
N7908B	Cessna 172	Francis James e King City, California	Standard	2012-12-11	Valid
N68141	Cessna 152	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-10	Valid
N727WV	Voelcker Wolfgang A P VALKYRIE	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-12-10	Valid
N7201N	Beech V35A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-12-07	Valid
N77GP	Flight Design Gmbh CTLS	Individual owner California	Light sport	2012-12-07	Valid
N431JP	Diamond Aircraft DA 40	Joerithan & Mp Aviation LLC Whittier, California	Standard	2012-12-06	Valid
N7088W	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-06	Valid
N92498	Piper J3C-65	Dga Aviation LLC Sacramento, California	Standard	2012-12-06	Valid
N14727	Fairchild 24 C8C	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-05	Valid
N1980T	Piper PA-28-180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-12-05	Valid
N546CD	Cirrus Design Corp SR22	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-12-05	Valid
N7567B	Champion 7FC	Wasson Tom L Lakeport, California	Standard	2012-12-05	Valid
N2908S	Cessna 150G	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-12-04	Valid
N44827	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Restricted	2012-12-04	Valid
N76GD	Papandrea SKYBOLT	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-12-04	Valid
N8BK	Piper PA-18-150	Aeroparatus LLC Monterey, California	Standard	2012-12-04	Valid
N4803J	Jack White KIT FOX V	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-12-03	Valid
N8034Z	Piper PA-32-301	Eight Ball Flying Club INC Van Nuys, California	Standard	2012-12-03	Valid
N56565	Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR	Prop & Jet Air Museum INC Romoland, California	Standard	2012-11-30	Valid
N57414	Boeing B75N1	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2012-11-30	Valid
N113PC	Childers M L/Combs P T FOKKER DR 1	Prop & Jet Air Museum INC Romoland, California	Experimental	2012-11-29	Valid
N274HA	Cessna T210N	Pacific Rain INC Arroyo Grande, California	Standard	2012-11-28	Valid
N29495	Cessna 177	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-11-28	Valid
N410JC	Piper PA-46-310P	Fbn Holding CORP Larkspur, California	Standard	2012-11-28	Valid
N4323V	Cessna 190	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-28	Valid
N62027	Maule M-5-220C	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-28	Valid
N7826T	Louie Kenneth G STOL CH701	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-11-28	Valid
N262NJ	Jeremiah Jackson VANS RV-10	J2Environmental LLC Del Mar, California	Experimental	2012-11-27	Valid
N5115S	Piper PA-28R-200	Bridgeport Flying Club LLC Bridgeport, California	Standard	2012-11-27	Valid
N3498S	Cessna 182H	Enz Vineyards INC Hollister, California	Standard	2012-11-26	Valid
N72448	Piper PA-18	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-26	Valid
N9430S	Beech 35-C33	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-11-26	Valid
N6582X	Cessna TU206G	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-21	Valid
N991SB	Cirrus Design Corp SR22T	Idec Flyer LLC Rancho Santa Fe, California	Standard	2012-11-21	Valid
N131RG	Justin Lyle Gillen TANGO	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-11-20	Valid
N55619	Boeing E75	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-20	Valid
N210CP	Cessna P210N	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-15	Valid
N4089D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Multiple	2012-11-15	Valid
N50ZL	Moravan ZLIN Z50 LA	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-11-15	Valid
N98CT	Piper PA-32-260	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-15	Valid
N678JM	Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/LT	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-11-13	Valid
N144JH	Cessna 180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-11-09	Valid
N20FZ	Socata TB21	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-09	Valid
N3TZ	Piper PA-28R-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-09	Valid
N154TB	Emerson/Smith CUBY	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-11-08	Valid
N87022	Engineering & Research 415-C	Silva Brent F Lake Hughes, California	Standard	2012-11-07	Valid
N23581	Cessna 172R	So Cal Leasing LLC El Cajon, California	Standard	2012-11-06	Valid
N43526	Piper PA-28R-200	Wittman Jeffrey A Sonora, California	Standard	2012-11-06	Valid
N6452F	Cessna 150F	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-05	Valid
N8986M	Beech S35	170Kts LLC Novato, California	Standard	2012-11-05	Valid
N19739	Cessna 172L	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-11-01	Valid
N309MD	Avions Holste Max 1521 C1	Martin Jeff S Wasco, California	Experimental	2012-11-01	Valid
N53968	Bellanca 7GCBC	Martin John H Wasco, California	Standard	2012-11-01	Valid
N2050B	Luscombe 8A	Hinton Steven J Chino, California	Standard	2012-10-31	Valid
N4348N	U T V A 66V	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2012-10-31	Valid
N55139	Piper PA-28-180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-10-31	Valid
N2523D	Cessna 170B	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-10-30	Valid
N3537K	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-10-30	Valid
N277W	Vans Rv/ Worrall Russel L RV-6	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-10-25	Valid
N759QH	Cessna 182Q	Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC Bakersfield, California	Standard	2012-10-25	Valid
N139DM	Piper PA-28R-200	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-10-24	Valid
N24069	Taylorcraft BC-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-10-24	Valid
N98912	Piper PA-12	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-10-24	Valid
N3631P	Piper PA-22-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-10-23	Valid
N600KF	Skystar Aircraft Corp KITFOX SERIES 6	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-10-23	Valid
N817HA	Cessna 172R	Iasco Flight Training INC Redding, California	Standard	2012-10-23	Valid
N80960	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-10-22	Valid