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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
N2057Y	Cessna 172D	Cable Land CO Upland, California	Standard	2012-07-12	Valid
N45WW	Beech A36	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-12	Valid
N533W	Monocoupe 110	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-12	Valid
N6425U	Mooney M20C	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-07-12	Valid
N7439A	Cessna 172	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-12	Valid
N8760W	Piper PA-28-235	Carlsbad Raceway CORP Hemet, California	Standard	2012-07-12	Valid
N9328K	Piper PA-28R-200	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-11	Valid
N4638F	Cessna P206A	Skydive Lake Tahoe LLC Tahoe City, California	Standard	2012-07-10	Valid
N7134X	Rosario Theodore Jr WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-07-10	Valid
N2145S	Cessna T210L	Henry James Bonita, California	Standard	2012-07-09	Valid
N379JA	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-07-09	Valid
N5114N	Boeing B75N1	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-09	Valid
N95665	Curtiss Wright P-40E	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-07-09	Valid
N4834D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-06	Valid
N4182F	Cessna 172	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-07-05	Valid
N230EZ	Meyer Daniel B MEYERFLYER 230	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-07-03	Valid
N647V	Beech M35	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-07-03	Valid
N999XW	Moullette Bruce L EAA-BIPLANE	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-07-03	Valid
N647SB	Cessna T210N	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-07-02	Valid
N89450	Cessna 140	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-07-02	Valid
N5782R	Cessna 172G	Schuck Daniel W Newark, California	Standard	2012-06-28	Valid
N81ES	Powell Tom VARIEZE	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-06-28	Valid
N47845	Blaine D LOEHLE PARASOL	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-06-27	Valid
N1140B	Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-26	Valid
N1947H	Aero Z BUECKER 131	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-06-25	Valid
N2420T	Navion NAVION G	Mj Distributors Woodland, California	Standard	2012-06-25	Valid
N24EL	Cessna TR182	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-25	Valid
N9445T	Cessna 210	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-06-25	Valid
N19015	Cessna 150L	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-20	Valid
N3938U	Cessna 150E	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-20	Valid
N3371L	Cessna A185E	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-06-19	Valid
N44820	Piper PA-28-161	Volar CORP El Cajon, California	Standard	2012-06-19	Valid
N5323U	Cessna T210N	Rio Farms LLC King City, California	Standard	2012-06-19	Valid
N6231H	Piper PA-28-161	Candace A Larned Enterprises INC Long Beach, California	Standard	2012-06-19	Valid
N830WH	Cessna 150M	Co-owned owner California	None on file	2012-06-19	Valid
N1094U	Cessna 172M	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-14	Valid
N42888	Cessna 182L	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-06-14	Valid
N3854X	Aero Commander 100	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-06-13	Valid
N4979S	Piper PA-28R-200	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-13	Valid
N1699C	Cessna 180	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N1715C	Cessna 180	Aerotrack INC Hemet, California	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N324N	Bird BW	Aerotrack INC Hemet, California	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N409NS	John Edward Gonzalez VAN'S RV-10	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-06-12	Valid
N50508	Bellanca 8KCAB	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N71962	Luscombe 8E	Aerotrack INC Hemet, California	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N777Y	Beech V35	Aerotrack INC Hemet, California	Standard	2012-06-12	Valid
N111KM	North American NAVION	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-06-11	Valid
N182WD	Cessna TR182	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-11	Valid
N113DR	Cessna 172M	California In Nice INC San Jose, California	Standard	2012-06-08	Valid
N49862	Cessna 152	California In Nice INC San Jose, California	Standard	2012-06-08	Valid
N311B	Beech G35	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-07	Valid
N1656V	Cessna 120	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-06	Valid
N6640V	Friedkin Thomas H CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Carlsbad Raceway CORP Hemet, California	Experimental	2012-06-06	Valid
N81ZH	Cessna 210M	Carlsbad Raceway CORP Hemet, California	Standard	2012-06-06	Valid
N76179	Cessna 140	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-04	Valid
N101JP	Diamond Aircraft DA 40	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-06-01	Valid
N756AR	Cessna R182	Tehama Angus Ranch INC Gerber, California	Standard	2012-05-30	Valid
N876CG	Cessna 182E	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-30	Valid
N114CM	Piper PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-25	Valid
N671DS	Sisting Donald O KR-II	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-05-25	Valid
N8118S	Piper PA-28-236	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-25	Valid
N4415K	Ryan NAVION	Navion Customs LLC Chino, California	Standard	2012-05-21	Valid
N48637	Cessna 152	K S Aviation Atwater, California	Standard	2012-05-21	Valid
N8798H	Ryan NAVION	Navion Customs LLC Chino, California	Standard	2012-05-21	Valid
N535PW	Raytheon Aircraft Company G36	Bentley Management Group LLC Redondo Beach, California	None on file	2012-05-18	Valid
N82474	Piper PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-18	Valid
N2607G	Cessna 182B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-05-17	Valid
N2185K	Piper PA-32RT-300	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-16	Valid
N2394V	Cessna 140	Red Sky Aviation LLC Livermore, California	Standard	2012-05-16	Valid
N360BX	Davenport Bret M PITTS S-1SX	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-05-16	Valid
N714AE	Cessna 150M	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-16	Valid
N102DE	Piper PA-28-151	Universal Aviators Academy INC El Monte, California	Standard	2012-05-15	Valid
N1399K	Luscombe 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-15	Valid
N5663V	Piper PA-28-161	Universal Aviators Academy INC El Monte, California	Standard	2012-05-15	Valid
N913KM	Beech F33A	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-15	Valid
N227W	Yakovlev YAK-50	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-05-14	Valid
N372C	North American T-28B	Palm Springs Air Museum INC Palm Springs, California	Experimental	2012-05-14	Valid
N620KM	Hansen Aaron L RV-7A	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2012-05-14	Valid
N79063	Cessna 172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-14	Valid
N234ST	Lissman Os/Yocky Tc COOT AC	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-05-11	Valid
N175KT	Mooney M20C	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-05-10	Valid
N24637	Piper J3L	Individual owner California	None on file	2012-05-10	Valid
N6569K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C	Jones Aviation Biggs, California	Restricted	2012-05-10	Valid
N89EL	Bellanca 17-30A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-05-10	Valid
N3487X	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-09	Valid
N730DS	Diamond Aircraft DA 40	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-09	Valid
N5256C	Beech B35	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-05-08	Valid
N9Y	Oldfield SPECIAL	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-05-08	Valid
N212XS	Sonex Limited XENOS	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-05-07	Valid
N5537V	Beech B36TC	Wheelzup LLC San Carlos, California	Standard	2012-05-07	Valid
N22YY	Stattin Carl G LANCAIR LEGACY	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-05-04	Valid
N642T	Beech J35	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-04	Valid
N2461F	Cessna T206H	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-03	Valid
N40SX	Dennison Denny M SONEX	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-05-03	Valid
N6395F	Cessna 182P	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-05-03	Valid
N89CY	Garrison Thomas E LONGEZE	W Morrison Consulting Group INC Aliso Viejo, California	Experimental	2012-05-03	Valid
N18BL	Bertz Gary G RV-8	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-05-02	Valid
N42126	Cessna 172M	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-05-02	Valid
N720AC	American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC	Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC Bakersfield, California	Standard	2012-05-01	Valid
N99671	Ercoupe 415-C	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-04-30	Valid