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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
N5033M	Taylorcraft BC12-D	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-09-17	Valid
N7512T	Cessna 172A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-09-17	Valid
N2429K	Piper PA-38-112	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-09-16	Valid
N9963U	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-09-15	Valid
N33405	Piper PA-28-151	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-09-14	Valid
N31636	Piper PA-28-181	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-09-08	Valid
N8748H	North American NAVION	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-09-01	Valid
N101AT	Cessna 152	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-29	Valid
N300BH	Piper PA-32-301	Green Valley Corporation I San Jose, California	Standard	1998-08-28	Valid
N10006	Beech D-45 (T-34B)	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-26	Valid
N151KM	North American P-51D	Individual owner California	None on file	1998-08-25	Valid
N5710Q	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-25	Valid
N216M	Meyers Industries Inc 200D	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-21	Valid
N36EC	Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-21	Valid
N722DM	Cessna 182S	U S Wire Manufacturers INC Redwood City, California	Standard	1998-08-21	Valid
N79442	Cessna 172K	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-19	Valid
N40HM	Construcciones Aeronauticas Sa C.A.S.A. 1.131E	Sonoma Valley Aircraft INC Vineburg, California	Experimental	1998-08-18	Valid
N739XV	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-17	Valid
N9362V	Mooney M20E	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-17	Valid
N18763	Beech A36	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-15	Valid
N3079	Arrow Aircraft & Motors ARROW SPORT	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-08-13	Valid
N3443U	Cessna 182F	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-08-12	Valid
N1842Q	Cessna 177RG	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-08-11	Valid
N7223F	Piper PA-28-140	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-08-07	Valid
N8586S	Air Tractor Inc AT-301	R & D Leasing INC Lemoore, California	Restricted	1998-08-06	Valid
N7480A	Cessna 172	Pacific AG Services Firebaugh, California	Standard	1998-08-04	Valid
N109GS	Mcewen SPECIAL	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-07-29	Valid
N31WK	Aviat Inc PITTS S-1T	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-07-28	Valid
N447WC	Mcallister John M RV-6A	Individual owner California	None on file	1998-07-28	Valid
N2027X	Cessna 182H	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-07-27	Valid
N91420	North American NAVION A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-07-21	Valid
N739UL	Cessna 172N	Alameda Aero Club Alameda, California	Standard	1998-07-17	Valid
N7552Z	Vories Dennis L EUROPA	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-07-17	Valid
N8157C	Piper PA-28-151	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-07-14	Valid
N6189T	Cessna 150E	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-07-11	Valid
N6676K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164B	Avag INC Richvale, California	Restricted	1998-07-10	Valid
N6641C	Beech A36	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-07-08	Valid
N10218	Grumman G-164	Individual owner California	Restricted	1998-06-30	Valid
N7596V	Baby Ace C	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-06-24	Valid
N8699X	Cessna 180E	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-06-23	Valid
N42960	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-06-22	Valid
N5086E	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-06-22	Valid
N69AA	Ash Arnold L RUTAN LONG EZ	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-06-18	Valid
N185RB	Cessna A185F	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-06-17	Valid
N12237	Garland-Lincoln NIEUPORT	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-06-11	Valid
N34939	Interstate S-1A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-06-11	Valid
N43159	Piper PA-28-151	Peters Pat Concord, California	Standard	1998-06-09	Valid
N11775	Cessna 150L	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-06-08	Valid
N3796M	Piper PA-28R-201T	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-06-08	Valid
N175L	Beech A36	Kern Charter Service INC Bakersfield, California	Standard	1998-06-02	Valid
N6941F	Cessna 150F	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-06-02	Valid
N1756D	Cessna 170A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-05-28	Valid
N19760	Cessna 172L	Aero Assn of California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California	Standard	1998-05-28	Valid
N38700	Piper PA-28-181	Universal Aviators Academy INC El Monte, California	Standard	1998-05-27	Valid
N4312F	Piper PA-28-181	Universal Aviators Academy INC El Monte, California	Standard	1998-05-27	Valid
N55WW	Moler-Read BREEZY RLU-1	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-05-26	Valid
N121GR	Aerotek PITTS S-2A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-05-18	Valid
N47SL	Long James A LANCAIR IV	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-05-15	Valid
N30648	Piper J5A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-05-13	Valid
N8847W	Piper PA-28-235	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-05-13	Valid
N47323	Piper PA-28-161	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-05-11	Valid
N1213	Antique Aero SOPWITH TABLOID	C C Air Corporation Lancaster, California	Experimental	1998-05-07	Valid
N1420K	Luscombe 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-05-05	Valid
N8567H	North American NAVION	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-05-05	Valid
N12TS	Smith Thomas R C LONG-EZ	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-04-30	Valid
N35DT	Teufel Armin U ATS AEROSTAR-BIRD	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-04-30	Valid
N733AM	Cessna 172N	Glendale Community College Glendale, California	Standard	1998-04-29	Valid
N739DZ	Cessna 172N	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-04-25	Valid
N2053C	North American T-28B	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	1998-04-24	Valid
N2243F	Piper PA-32RT-300T	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-24	Valid
N2219Z	Piper PA-28RT-201	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-22	Valid
N203ET	Etchell A/Etchell P/Etchell R ETCHELL CJ 6A	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	1998-04-21	Valid
N97334	Stinson 108-1	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-21	Valid
N82805	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-20	Valid
N8148Z	Piper PA-28-236	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-04-17	Valid
N898DB	Brand Donald A VANS RV-8	Individual owner California	None on file	1998-04-17	Valid
N4584	Stinson L-5	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-11	Valid
N42368	Cessna 182L	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-07	Valid
N4336H	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-06	Valid
N1367W	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-04-04	Valid
N63495	Boeing A75N1(PT17)	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-03-31	Valid
N666RR	Bellanca 17-30A	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-03-31	Valid
N3763Q	Beech V35	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-03-30	Valid
N239M	Meyers Industries Inc 200D	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-03-23	Valid
N8868W	Piper PA-28-235	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-03-19	Valid
N6268J	Piper PA-28-151	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-03-11	Valid
N107KP	Peterman Keith A DR-107	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-02-25	Valid
N5368P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-02-11	Valid
N11MS	Sparks AIRCAMPER	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-02-10	Valid
N5126D	Cessna 182A	Dalrymple Mike B Salinas, California	Standard	1998-02-10	Valid
N7461N	Beech V35A	Universal Coatings INC Fresno, California	Standard	1998-02-06	Valid
N3501C	Cessna 170B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1998-02-05	Valid
N63599	Cessna 150M	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-02-05	Valid
N8598M	Beech P35	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-02-05	Valid
N29414	Aeronca 65-TC	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-02-03	Valid
N6114U	Turner William H BOWERS FLY BABY	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-02-02	Valid
N2RV	Vallance VAN'S RV-3	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-01-31	Valid
N53156	Spencer LITTLE STEARMAN	Individual owner California	Experimental	1998-01-31	Valid
N1893L	Beech A36	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-01-27	Valid
N749CS	Piper PA-28R-200	Individual owner California	Standard	1998-01-26	Valid