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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
N25806	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-30	Valid
N5049X	Ayres Corporation S-2R	Mid-Cal AG Aviation INC Kerman, California	Restricted	2012-01-30	Valid
N81242	Fairchild 24R-46	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-30	Valid
N9466E	Cessna 172N	Good Flight Aviation LLC Stockton, California	Standard	2012-01-30	Valid
N353LS	Maule MXT-7-180A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-01-26	Valid
N9484K	Piper PA-28-151	Doll Electric CO INC South Lake Tahoe, California	Standard	2012-01-26	Valid
N1457E	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-25	Valid
N636US	Argence Enas A RV-6	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2012-01-25	Valid
N5675A	Cessna 172	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-01-24	Valid
N9699U	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C	Doll Electric CO INC Murphys, California	Standard	2012-01-24	Valid
N224RA	American Champion Aircraft 7GCAA	Sierra Whiskey Aircraft LLC Oakland, California	None on file	2012-01-21	Valid
N43045	Grouleff Greg HARMON ROCKET II	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-01-21	Valid
N69EL	Cessna 182E	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N6493R	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-20	Valid
N90SE	Piper PA 46-350P	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-01-20	Valid
N697SP	Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-18	Valid
N34350	Meyers OTW-160	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-01-17	Valid
N4382J	Piper PA-28-161	Good Flight Aviation LLC Stockton, California	Standard	2012-01-17	Valid
N44363	Piper PA-28-151	Good Flight Aviation LLC Stockton, California	Standard	2012-01-12	Valid
N9115L	Champion 7ECA	Savonen Stephen D Ukiah, California	Standard	2012-01-11	Valid
N2108B	Luscombe 8	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-10	Valid
N4369C	Champion 7EC	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-09	Valid
N7966U	Cessna 172F	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-01-09	Valid
N4182Y	Bellanca 7KCAB	Shouling & Philip Enterprise Lancaster, California	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N6313C	Piper PA-28-161	Shouling & Philip Enterprise Lancaster, California	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N68961	Cessna 152	Shouling & Philip Enterprise Lancaster, California	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N738KF	Cessna 172N	Shouling & Philip Enterprise Lancaster, California	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N8546U	Cessna 172F	Shouling & Philip Enterprise Lancaster, California	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N890SB	Lippert Barry M RV-9A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2012-01-03	Valid
N349L	Pyeatt WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-12-27	Valid
N72634	Cessna T206H	Rnd Technologies LLC Lancaster, California	Standard	2011-12-27	Valid
N8558L	Piper PA-25-260	Star Ads INC Torrance, California	Standard	2011-12-27	Valid
N34643	Stinson 10A	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-23	Valid
N71028	Cessna 182M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-12-21	Valid
N9695S	Champion 7GCAA	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-12-21	Valid
N200FW	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Nextwerk INC Carlsbad, California	Standard	2011-12-16	Valid
N89194	Cessna 140	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-16	Valid
N3791N	Beech 35	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-15	Valid
N5468P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-15	Valid
N6708X	Beech 77	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-12-15	Valid
N89E	Sawyer Ralph V EMERAUDE CP-305A	Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation Mojave, California	Experimental	2011-12-14	Valid
N9864B	Cessna 172RG	N1705R INC Cobb, California	Standard	2011-12-14	Valid
N1501J	Rockwell International 112TC	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-08	Valid
N215DB	Cessna TR182	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-07	Valid
N4315B	Cessna 170B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-12-07	Valid
N993	Shay Chinn VANS RV9A	Technogeeks INC Torrance, California	Experimental	2011-12-07	Valid
N4105E	Aeronca 11CC	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-12-06	Valid
N624BB	Commander Aircraft Co 114-B	Petey LLC Lake Arrowhead, California	Standard	2011-12-02	Valid
N5124V	Morrisey 2150A	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N5316G	Cessna 172S	Berg Philip L Chatsworth, California	None on file	2011-12-01	Valid
N6170M	Maule M-5-235C	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N762S	Spink Robert M PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-12-01	Valid
N73864	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-30	Valid
N17040	Porterfield 35-70	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-28	Valid
N732WS	Cessna T210M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-11-28	Valid
N82245	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-28	Valid
N91200	North American NAVION	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-23	Valid
N4570A	Cirrus Design Corp SR20	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-22	Valid
N6508Q	Alon A2	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-22	Valid
N9433A	Cessna 140A	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-22	Valid
N2170M	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-16	Valid
N2508S	Cessna T210L	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-16	Valid
N3524H	Ercoupe 415-C	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-11-16	Valid
N75277	Piper PA-28-181	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-16	Valid
N24470	Cessna 182S	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-11-15	Valid
N6157P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-15	Valid
N22580	Cessna A185F	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-14	Valid
N33FP	Bellanca CH300 PACEMAKER	Individual owner California	None on file	2011-11-14	Valid
N5144Q	Snyder Jeffrey T RANS S14	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-11-10	Valid
N8984B	Cessna 172	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-10	Valid
N6953M	Cessna 182P	N6953M Kemt Aircraft LLC Monrovia, California	Standard	2011-11-09	Valid
N22646	Taylorcraft BC-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-08	Valid
N3886N	Beech 35	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-07	Valid
N7888M	Monpas Mark E RV-7	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-11-07	Valid
N3994N	Mooney M20F	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-04	Valid
N927KR	Piper PA-28R-200	Candace A Larned Enterprises INC Long Beach, California	Standard	2011-11-02	Valid
N33RT	Martin Delbert J WAG-AERO/SUPER-SPORT	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-11-01	Valid
N65881	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-01	Valid
N955DS	Diamond Aircraft DA 40	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-01	Valid
N5983W	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-27	Valid
N6979G	Cessna 150L	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-27	Valid
N5226Z	Piper PA-22-108	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-26	Valid
N2769T	Beech V35	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-25	Valid
N2885F	Piper PA-28-181	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-25	Valid
N68D	Bellanca 17-31ATC	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-25	Valid
N9171V	Mooney M20F	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-25	Valid
N2147G	Piper PA-28-161	Aviation Capital Management LLC San Jose, California	Standard	2011-10-24	Valid
N3498J	Cessna 150G	Thompson Rick L Chico, California	Standard	2011-10-24	Valid
N403JR	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-10-24	Valid
N9075W	Weatherly 201C	Individual owner California	Restricted	2011-10-24	Valid
N99700	Cessna 172P	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-24	Valid
N111JR	Aero Commander 200D	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-21	Valid
N5130E	Cessna 172N	Aviation Capital Management LLC San Jose, California	Standard	2011-10-20	Valid
N1109X	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-19	Valid
N169GS	Gary L Scott LONG EZ	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-10-19	Valid
N49HY	Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-17	Valid
N6528K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B	Individual owner California	Restricted	2011-10-17	Valid
N7583X	Cessna 172B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-17	Valid
N11566	Cessna 177B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-14	Valid
N8444B	Piper PA-28-181	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-14	Valid