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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
N9630T	Cessna 210	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-12-28	Valid
N3924E	Aeronca 11BC	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-12-13	Valid
N4825F	Cessna TU206A	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-12-12	Valid
N78983	Mooney M20C	Richard Kroll A Law CORP Laguna Niguel, California	Standard	1994-12-09	Valid
N26HS	Mooney M20F	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-12-06	Valid
N45056	Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3	Individual owner California	None on file	1994-12-02	Valid
N5447L	Cessna 152	Pinnacle Aviation Services INC Encinitas, California	Standard	1994-11-17	Valid
N63384	Cessna 150M	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-11-17	Valid
N82719	Piper PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-11-16	Valid
N1708R	Cessna A185F	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-11-15	Valid
N337L	Lockwood Robert K Jr TRI Q	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-11-09	Valid
N6232K	Republic RC-3	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-10-27	Valid
N777VP	Piper PA-28-151	Flightwing Equipment CORP Beverly Hills, California	Standard	1994-10-27	Valid
N5340P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-10-18	Valid
N4179W	Piper PA-32-300	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-10-05	Valid
N3060T	Piper PA-28RT-201T	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-10-03	Valid
N98752	Piper J-3	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-10-03	Valid
N5BN	Cessna 150L	Mountain Air INC Quincy, California	Standard	1994-09-21	Valid
N6450V	Helio H-295	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-09-12	Valid
N9251J	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-08-30	Valid
N1701C	Cleek N Eugene LANCAIR 360	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-08-25	Valid
N3674S	Cessna 172E	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-08-23	Valid
N3593H	Engineering & Research 415-D	Yanks Air Museum Baldwin Park, California	Standard	1994-08-15	Valid
N45161	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-08-12	Valid
N6359D	Cessna 172N	Flying Vikings INC Hayward, California	Standard	1994-08-12	Valid
N6983E	Cessna 175A	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-08-01	Valid
N19995	Phillips Aviation Co. CT-2	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-07-28	Valid
N19SF	Hawker MK 11 SEA FURY	Sanders Aircraft INC Ione, California	Experimental	1994-07-25	Valid
N418CC	Cessna 177B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-07-25	Valid
N1547Y	Cessna 172C	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-07-23	Valid
N75096	Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B	Sutter Butte Dusters INC Live Oak, California	Restricted	1994-07-23	Valid
N122SJ	Beech P35	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-07-13	Valid
N5220G	Dehavilland BEAVER DHC-2 MK.1	San Francisco Seaplane Tours INC Mill Valley, California	Standard	1994-07-13	Valid
N7696L	Piper PA-18-150	Macys Flying Service INC Tulelake, California	Standard	1994-07-05	Valid
N737J	Cessna TR182	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-06-29	Valid
N275JF	Foux James H QUICKIE-2	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-06-28	Valid
N92750	Cessna 182N	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-06-16	Valid
N4693Q	Cessna 172M	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-06-15	Valid
N4792W	Rockwell International 114	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-06-13	Valid
N6722K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C	Thayer Agricultural Aviation INC Grimes, California	Restricted	1994-06-10	Valid
N199PD	Cessna R172K	City of Sacramento Sacramento, California	Standard	1994-06-08	Valid
N9169K	Stinson 108-1	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-06-08	Valid
N8123C	Piper PA-32R-301	Turlock Fruit Company INC Turlock, California	Standard	1994-05-31	Valid
N55089	Piper PA-32-300	Zitren Frederick J El Cajon, California	Standard	1994-05-27	Valid
N1820S	Beech 77	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-05-23	Valid
N48657	Aeronca 0-58B	Etchell Bruce R Healdsburg, California	Standard	1994-05-23	Valid
N4734K	Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-05-18	Valid
N52393	Cessna 182P	Riverside County Sheriffs Department Hemet, California	Standard	1994-05-06	Valid
N5912D	Piper PA-22-150	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-04-14	Valid
N3172Y	Cessna 182E	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-04-13	Valid
N40EH	Hibler Phillip E GLASAIR II S TD	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-04-11	Valid
N6592R	Beech B24R	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-04-11	Valid
N372Z	Beech 35-A33	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-04-06	Valid
N42386	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-04-04	Valid
N97359	Stinson 108-1	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-04-04	Valid
N510DR	Piper PA-28R-201T	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-03-24	Valid
N70595	Cessna TU206F	Lung Aerial Group INC Tustin, California	Standard	1994-03-24	Valid
N901RJ	Cessna 172G	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-03-17	Valid
N68162	Boeing B75N1	Co-owned owner California	Restricted	1994-03-09	Valid
N160E	Coughlin Brian T GNOME	C C Air Corporation Lancaster, California	Experimental	1994-03-07	Valid
N84RK	Korngold Ralph D WITTMAN TAILWIND W-8	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-03-07	Valid
N9219L	American Aviation AA-1A	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-03-03	Valid
N7502M	Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B	Richter Aviation INC Maxwell, California	Restricted	1994-03-02	Valid
N36138	Bellanca 7KCAB	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-03-01	Valid
N4833C	Cessna A185F	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-22	Valid
N3862K	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-17	Valid
N4098D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-14	Valid
N8744V	Bellanca 7GCBC	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-02-14	Valid
N126HJ	Piper PA-24-260	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-10	Valid
N5212D	Cessna 180A	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-09	Valid
N623AP	Cessna 150J	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-07	Valid
N5584J	Piper PA-32-260	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-04	Valid
N3109R	Cessna 182L	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-01-28	Valid
N98GB	Binse Gerald R BINSE RV-4	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-01-26	Valid
N505L	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-01-25	Valid
N758FM	Cessna R172K	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-01-24	Valid
N626B	Piper PA-28-180	Cherokee Family Limited Partnership Watsonville, California	Standard	1994-01-19	Valid
N42927	Piper PA-28-151	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-01-13	Valid
N2013	Harber Perry GLASAIR II TDS	Individual owner California	Experimental	1994-01-12	Valid
N964MS	Cessna 150M	Mount San Antonio College Walnut, California	Standard	1994-01-06	Valid
N1679X	Cessna T210L	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-01-04	Valid
N999ZP	Cessna TR182	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-01-04	Valid
N2673S	Cessna T210L	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-12-28	Valid
N96808	Cessna 172P	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1993-12-28	Valid
N1267S	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-12-21	Valid
N27740	Stinson 10	California Antique Aircraft Museum San Martin, California	Standard	1993-12-21	Valid
N44649	Piper PA-28R-200	Co-owned owner California	Special flight permit	1993-12-20	Valid
N345Z	Beech N35	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-12-03	Valid
N5231X	Champion 7KCAB	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-12-02	Valid
N4GF	Turner William H BOWERS FLY BABY	Individual owner California	Experimental	1993-11-23	Valid
N46983	Smale Christopher L RUTAN DEFIANT	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	1993-11-19	Valid
N9693M	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-11-19	Valid
N18887	Beech C24R	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-11-18	Valid
N4421	Travel Air 4000	Individual owner California	Restricted	1993-11-17	Valid
N5504M	Aero Commander 200D	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1993-11-16	Valid
N63486	Aeronca 7BCM	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-11-16	Valid
N8099H	Beech A36	Herber Aircraft Service INC El Segundo, California	Standard	1993-11-16	Valid
N1254	Canadian Car & Foundry HARVARD MK IV	Individual owner California	Experimental	1993-11-15	Valid
N739HE	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-11-15	Valid
N5328S	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-11-08	Valid