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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
N685N	Waco KNF	Co-owned owner California	None on file	2010-12-08	Valid
N761XY	Cessna T210M	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-12-07	Valid
N209DB	Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm BO 209 MONSUN	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-12-06	Valid
N62BR	Rudolph Robert E WITTMAN W-10	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-12-06	Valid
N9396J	Piper PA-28-180	Corporate Aviation Services LLC Stockton, California	Standard	2010-12-06	Valid
N8699Q	Beech S35	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-12-01	Valid
N918J	Read David T JABIRU J230	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-12-01	Valid
N1806L	Beech A36	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-30	Valid
N3063N	Piper PA-28RT-201T	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-11-30	Valid
N6725K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B	Slikker Flying Service INC Buttonwillow, California	Restricted	2010-11-30	Valid
N2065Z	Cessna 150C	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-11-23	Valid
N307EZ	Tifft Frank A LONGEZE	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-11-23	Valid
N7973C	North American SNJ-5	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-22	Valid
N5286	Grumman G-164A	Slikker Flying Service INC Buttonwillow, California	Restricted	2010-11-19	Valid
N195TG	Cessna 195	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-16	Valid
N29385	Culver LCA	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-16	Valid
N298RA	Ammenti David A SPORTSMAN	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-11-16	Valid
N3014K	Superior CULVER V	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-10	Valid
N24ND	Dodge Norman LONG-EZ	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-11-09	Valid
N4596M	Piper PA-11	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-09	Valid
N8914R	Champion 7HC	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-08	Valid
N81778	Piper PA-28RT-201T	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-11-02	Valid
N243JG	Grubbs James B RV8	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2010-10-27	Valid
N5440B	Cessna 182	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-10-27	Valid
N4252Q	Piper PA-28-161	Individual owner California	Multiple	2010-10-26	Valid
N2120C	Cessna 195B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-10-20	Valid
N641DH	Harjehausen Denton Dean RV-6	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-10-20	Valid
N5495C	Cessna 170A	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-10-18	Valid
N220H	Piper PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-10-13	Valid
N1036M	Cessna 172S	Mangon Aircraft INC Petaluma, California	Standard	2010-10-08	Valid
N288RT	Champion 7KCAB	Savonen Stephen D Ukiah, California	Standard	2010-10-08	Valid
N82520	Piper PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-10-07	Valid
N5189L	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-10-06	Valid
N1784R	Cessna R182	Cunning Aviation LLC La Mesa, California	Standard	2010-10-04	Valid
N1105B	Champion 7ECA	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-10-01	Valid
N7073V	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-09-28	Valid
N4060A	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner California	None on file	2010-09-27	Valid
N739EZ	Cessna 172N	Low Flying Angels INC Folsom, California	Standard	2010-09-22	Valid
N91788	North American NAVION A	Juarez Robert A Fresno, California	Standard	2010-09-22	Valid
N8377N	Beech E33A	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-09-17	Valid
N186N	Westfall-Young BIPLANE	Individual owner California	None on file	2010-09-13	Valid
N56JR	Cessna 172B	Individual owner California	None on file	2010-09-13	Valid
N6229N	Cessna T182	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-09-13	Valid
N6517A	Cessna T210N	Peterson Holding CO San Leandro, California	Standard	2010-09-10	Valid
N79HC	Beech A36	Bmc Group Hawthorne, California	Standard	2010-09-10	Valid
N527X	Supan Alan J SONEX	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-09-09	Valid
N101GK	Piper PA-28RT-201T	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-09-07	Valid
N62DP	Glanville M/Glanville E STEEN SKYBOLT	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-09-03	Valid
N81263	Fairchild 24W-46	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-09-02	Valid
N363A	Mooney M-18L	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-09-01	Valid
N814TD	Beech A36	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-31	Valid
N7230D	Beech A36	Jaspair LLC Los Gatos, California	Standard	2010-08-30	Valid
N9420E	Cessna 172N	Aero Quest LLC Costa Mesa, California	Standard	2010-08-30	Valid
N12988	Bowe Walter PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2010-08-26	Valid
N16039	Ryan Aeronautical ST-A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-26	Valid
N22973	Piper J3C-65	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-26	Valid
N775W	Cirigliano SC-1	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2010-08-26	Valid
N98140	Piper J3C-65	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-26	Valid
N2827T	Beech 35-C33	Regan Keith M Torrance, California	Standard	2010-08-25	Valid
N4132J	Piper PA-28-140	Dubois Aviation INC Chino, California	Standard	2010-08-25	Valid
N8074T	Piper PA-28-181	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-25	Valid
N115RX	Brazell Richard L THORP T-18W	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-08-24	Valid
N5931T	Cessna 150D	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-24	Valid
N3823D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-20	Valid
N3713U	Cessna 182G	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-18	Valid
N420QN	Noorduyn NORSEMAN MK VI	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-08-18	Valid
N733YV	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-18	Valid
N74801	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-18	Valid
N2512J	Cessna 150E	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-17	Valid
N92031	Piper J-3C	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-17	Valid
N21XA	X-Air Llc XA85	Individual owner California	Light sport	2010-08-16	Valid
N58504	Cessna 182P	P S C Flyers Cardiff By the Sea, California	Standard	2010-08-13	Valid
N9418M	Cessna 182P	4 Blades INC Granada Hills, California	Standard	2010-08-13	Valid
N2094Y	Cessna 172D	Individual owner California	Restricted	2010-08-12	Valid
N633LS	Brickner David R RANS S6ES	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-08-12	Valid
N8126T	Cessna 170B	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-08-12	Valid
N308DF	Piper PA-32-300	Individual owner California	None on file	2010-08-10	Valid
N623DS	Diamond Aircraft DA 40	First Western Capital CORP Rllng Hls Est, California	Standard	2010-08-05	Valid
N263ME	Cessna T206H	Commercial Aerial Images INC Costa Mesa, California	Standard	2010-08-04	Valid
N737DW	Cessna 172N	Mh Aviation INC Lancaster, California	Standard	2010-07-30	Valid
N9136Q	Beech A36	Beech 9136Q Charter Aircraft LLC Chico, California	Standard	2010-07-30	Valid
N6375J	Piper PA-28-180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-07-29	Valid
N6565H	Piper J-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-07-29	Valid
N6630R	Beech B24R	Gamma2 INC San Diego, California	Standard	2010-07-27	Valid
N4524K	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-07-26	Valid
N55DP	Pearson PITTS SPECIAL S-1	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-07-23	Valid
N41HT	Mooney M20R	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-07-21	Valid
N3517M	Piper PA-12	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-07-19	Valid
N45ZY	Czech Aircraft Works Spol Sro MERMAID	Individual owner California	Light sport	2010-07-13	Valid
N89479	Cessna 140	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-07-13	Valid
N824KJ	Johnson Kelly L RV-9A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-07-12	Valid
N540ET	Bowen K M Ii/Robinson S E CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2010-07-08	Valid
N157DL	Sweet David L RV-6	Individual owner California	Experimental	2010-07-07	Valid
N18716	Cessna 150L	Gem LLC San Clemente, California	Standard	2010-07-01	Valid
N7220B	Beech B36TC	6L6 LLC Ross, California	Standard	2010-07-01	Valid
N7850U	Cessna 172F	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2010-07-01	Valid
N14GK	Kruggel Ewald G VANS RV-4	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2010-06-29	Valid
N17766	Beech A36	Elworthy Steven M Huntington Beach, California	Standard	2010-06-28	Valid
N33FK	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2010-06-28	Valid
N8948G	Cessna 182N	Wilbur-Ellis CO Salinas, California	Standard	2010-06-24	Valid