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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
N7969G	Cessna 172L	Healsburg Aviation Healdsburg, California	Standard	2003-06-12	Valid
N3114E	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-06-09	Valid
N653D	Beech C35	Individual owner California	Special flight permit	2003-06-06	Valid
N839PC	Keyes Charles B XAIR STANDARD	Individual owner California	Experimental	2003-06-06	Valid
N528CS	Mooney M20F	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-06-05	Valid
N24607	Cessna T206H	Fey Properties LLC Pleasanton, California	Standard	2003-06-02	Valid
N22RJ	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-30	Valid
N30374	Cessna T210L	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-29	Valid
N645DB	Bailey Dennis L VANS ACFT RV-6A	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2003-05-29	Valid
N321DG	Cessna 210K	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-22	Valid
N439EW	Fairchild M-62A	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-21	Valid
N64KP	North American AT-6D	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-19	Valid
N1284T	Cessna 182	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-15	Valid
N32759	Piper J3C-65	Icarus Copters LLC Ojai, California	Restricted	2003-05-12	Valid
N366K	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-12	Valid
N736KC	Cessna R172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-09	Valid
N65Y	Beech V35B	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-05-05	Valid
N326LP	Cessna 172S	Vista Aviation INC Pacoima, California	Standard	2003-05-01	Valid
N1609R	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-04-25	Valid
N71887	Luscombe 8E	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-04-22	Valid
N4795M	Piper PA-11	Mountain Air INC Quincy, California	Standard	2003-04-21	Valid
N7684B	Bellanca 14-19-2	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-04-17	Valid
N1857	Cirrus Design Corp SR20	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-04-11	Valid
N4543C	Cessna 170B	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-04-10	Valid
N4224	Reeves Arlo STARBIRD	Individual owner California	Experimental	2003-04-09	Valid
N2767S	Larsen Mark BUDDY BABY LAKES	Individual owner California	Experimental	2003-04-03	Valid
N56934	Piper PA-32-260	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-04-01	Valid
N1238V	Fleet FLEET 16B	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-31	Valid
N4438C	Cessna 195B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-03-27	Valid
N7865N	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-27	Valid
N433DP	Pitzer D A/Pitzer P L COZY MARK IV	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2003-03-25	Valid
N7622G	Cessna 172L	Bell Sky Pilots INC Reedley, California	Standard	2003-03-25	Valid
N9791R	Beech M35	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-21	Valid
N6122D	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-20	Valid
N8852R	Bellanca 14-19-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-19	Valid
N124P	Mcdade Mark L VANS RV-6A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2003-03-17	Valid
N8306T	Cessna 175C	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-12	Valid
N75058	Piper PA-28-151	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-03-07	Valid
N7ME	Piper PA-28RT-201T	Individual owner California	None on file	2003-03-07	Valid
N96165	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-07	Valid
N5036D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-05	Valid
N4LF	Cessna TU206G	Macys Flying Service INC Tulelake, California	Standard	2003-03-04	Valid
N82267	Piper PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-03-04	Valid
N105DF	Cessna T210R	Westwood Aero INC Porterville, California	Standard	2003-03-03	Valid
N627FD	Piper PA-28R-201T	Pacific Health Care Staffing INC Rancho Cucamonga, California	Standard	2003-02-26	Valid
N67755	Taylorcraft DC-65	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-02-25	Valid
N613BM	Yakovlev YAK-50	Individual owner California	Experimental	2003-02-24	Valid
N7171K	Goodyear FG1D	Co-owned owner California	None on file	2003-02-24	Valid
N1937L	Beech B24R	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-02-19	Valid
N44839	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-02-19	Valid
N47080	Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2003-02-19	Valid
N49LF	Beech A36	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-02-19	Valid
N3386E	Cessna 172N	D Gordon Aviation INC La Jolla, California	Standard	2003-02-13	Valid
N95848	Cessna 182Q	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-02-13	Valid
N1728P	Piper PA-22	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-02-04	Valid
N4722A	Piper PA-18A 150	Individual owner California	Multiple	2003-02-03	Valid
N96TJ	Johnson Thomas R VANS RV-6	Individual owner California	Experimental	2003-01-30	Valid
N4470S	Beech V35B	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-01-28	Valid
N6383T	Cessna TR182	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-01-27	Valid
N2784Q	Piper PA-28R-201T	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-01-24	Valid
N97748	Cessna 182Q	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-01-24	Valid
N225X	Beech H35	Individual owner California	Special flight permit	2003-01-23	Valid
N4995	Champion 7CCM	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-01-17	Valid
N52535	Cessna 172S	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-01-16	Valid
N67433	Howard Aircraft DGA-15P	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-01-13	Valid
N735C	Stinson 108-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-01-13	Valid
N1809X	Cessna 182H	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-01-09	Valid
N26130	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2003-01-08	Valid
N5115Z	Piper PA-22-108	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-27	Valid
N5855B	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-23	Valid
N3224M	Piper PA-12	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-20	Valid
N7DU	Beech 35-C33	Debonair LLC Cardiff By the Sea, California	Standard	2002-12-19	Valid
N21508	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-18	Valid
N761BL	Cessna T210M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2002-12-16	Valid
N4501H	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-13	Valid
N1563W	Beech V35B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2002-12-12	Valid
N5304J	Plyler Steven W KR-2	Individual owner California	Experimental	2002-12-11	Valid
N818AH	Piper PA-32-300	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2002-12-09	Valid
N7200Q	Cessna 172L	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-06	Valid
N2353J	Beech 23	Wings of History Air Museum San Martin, California	Standard	2002-12-05	Valid
N44ZW	Bellanca 8KCAB	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-03	Valid
N735QS	Cessna 182Q	Rtg INC Torrance, California	Standard	2002-12-03	Valid
N762M	Piper PA-28RT-201T	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2002-12-03	Valid
N3791V	Cessna 140A	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-12-02	Valid
N3189E	Aeronca 11AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-11-27	Valid
N2559Y	Cessna 172D	A & D Precision Machining INC Fremont, California	None on file	2002-11-22	Valid
N4422H	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-11-20	Valid
N442EP	Peterson Erik J MAVERIK	Individual owner California	None on file	2002-11-19	Valid
N623WM	Cirrus Design Corp SR22	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-11-19	Valid
N647YD	Piper PA-28-161	Faukner Andrew L Modesto, California	None on file	2002-11-19	Valid
N39065	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1C	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2002-11-15	Valid
N79150	Cessna 172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-11-12	Valid
N9292V	Mooney M20E	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-11-12	Valid
N9531L	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5	Individual owner California	Standard	2002-11-12	Valid
N971TA	Cessna 172S	Banner Aviation LLC Trabuco Canyon, California	Standard	2002-11-12	Valid
N1105C	Cessna 177B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2002-11-07	Valid
N9345X	Cessna 182E	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2002-11-06	Valid
N60833	North American SNJ-2	Individual owner California	Special flight permit	2002-11-05	Valid
N8682U	Cessna 172F	Aircraft N8682U INC Half Moon Bay, California	Standard	2002-11-05	Valid
N594DK	Keys Daniel A LANCAIR INTL LEGACY	Individual owner California	None on file	2002-10-31	Valid