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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
N738HK	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-24	Valid
N1009X	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-19	Valid
N82963	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-19	Valid
N555ZZ	Beech A45	United States Air Force Rio Vista, California	Standard	1990-01-07	Valid
N30653	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-05	Valid
N5998B	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-05	Valid
N84573	Cessna 172K	Individual owner California	Standard	1990-01-05	Valid
N1045K	Luscombe 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-11-27	Valid
N92020	Cessna 182M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-11-27	Valid
N6342D	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-11-14	Valid
N3663K	Beech A36TC	Evans and Evans Properties INC Santa Cruz, California	Standard	1989-11-07	Valid
N1198F	Cessna 172G	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-11-06	Valid
N3745V	Cessna 140	Individual owner California	Experimental	1989-11-03	Valid
N2486C	Cessna 180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-10-30	Valid
N19568	Cessna 150L	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-10-18	Valid
N8436K	Stinson 108-1	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-10-17	Valid
N56651	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-10-13	Valid
N1014N	Air Tractor Inc AT-401	Frontier Agricultural Service INC Calexico, California	Restricted	1989-10-05	Valid
N5151B	Cessna 152	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-09-27	Valid
N6349M	Cessna 152	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-09-27	Valid
N73064	Cessna 172M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-09-18	Valid
N29176	Cessna T210L	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-08-30	Valid
N88066	Bellanca 7ECA	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-08-11	Valid
N1400	Cessna P210N	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-08-07	Valid
N52508	Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-08-05	Valid
N470XX	Spencer/Giardini/Nadeau GLASAIR SH-2F	Glasair INC Rch Palos Vrd, California	Experimental	1989-08-04	Valid
N6585Q	Alon A2	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-07-28	Valid
N36867	Aeronca 65-CA	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-07-27	Valid
N9724L	Beech A24R	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-07-24	Valid
N5089S	Piper PA-28R-180	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-07-17	Valid
N9342G	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-07-13	Valid
N3636T	Beech A36TC	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-07-08	Valid
N81852	Sankey Bob SUPERCAT II	Individual owner California	Experimental	1989-06-26	Valid
N34481	Aeronca 65-CA	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-06-21	Valid
N8977L	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-06-20	Valid
N3015Y	Cessna 182E	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-06-13	Valid
N225YY	Atwood Leon A MODEL 1	Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, California	Experimental	1989-05-30	Valid
N6710M	Cessna 182P	Flying Skylanes INC Hillsborough, California	Standard	1989-05-30	Valid
N890AF	Holt George A KR-2	Co-owned owner California	None on file	1989-05-22	Valid
N9416E	Aeronca 11AC	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-05-18	Valid
N30516	Cessna T210L	J A Sutherland INC Ukiah, California	Standard	1989-05-17	Valid
N123DX	Boylan Robert A LANCAIR 235	Individual owner California	Experimental	1989-05-10	Valid
N184E	Waco UPF-7	Ciabattoni Joseph L Upland, California	Standard	1989-04-14	Valid
N7144D	Piper PA-22-150	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-04-12	Valid
N102BD	Dickinson Gene Steven KR-II	Individual owner California	Experimental	1989-04-10	Valid
N7323X	Cessna 150B	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-03-24	Valid
N9130R	Piper PA-12	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-03-17	Valid
N114US	Rockwell International 114	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-03-09	Valid
N58689	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-02-28	Valid
N300FT	Helio H-295	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-02-25	Valid
N2770W	Mooney M20E	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-02-24	Valid
N8936	Swanson Carl SE5A	C C Air Corporation Lancaster, California	Experimental	1989-02-22	Valid
N1837W	Beech C23	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1989-02-07	Valid
N9233C	Cessna 180	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-02-02	Valid
N92061	Cessna 182M	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-02-01	Valid
N43RY	Young Robert L OBSERVER	Individual owner California	Experimental	1989-01-26	Valid
N7463X	Cessna 172B	Individual owner California	Standard	1989-01-12	Valid
N8EZ	Maccauley Peter J LONG EZ	Individual owner California	Experimental	1989-01-12	Valid
N97986	Stinson 108-1	Individual owner California	None on file	1988-12-28	Valid
N17144	Stinson SR-9E	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-12-15	Valid
N2103S	Cessna 210L	San Diego Flight CORP San Diego, California	Standard	1988-12-12	Valid
N73045	Cessna 140	Strachan Darrel A San Jose, California	Standard	1988-12-07	Valid
N2260S	Cessna T210L	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1988-11-29	Valid
N7002E	Cessna 175A	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-11-04	Valid
N101LC	Bellanca 17-31ATC	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-11-01	Valid
N5873F	Cessna 210G	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-10-14	Valid
N66215	Cessna 172P	Channel Islands Aviation INC Camarillo, California	Standard	1988-10-04	Valid
N233WW	Wills Chris A Md AVENGER	Individual owner California	Experimental	1988-09-29	Valid
N721DB	Braden Denver GLASAIR II	Individual owner California	Experimental	1988-09-29	Valid
N8422N	Piper PA-28-181	Center Flying INC Lancaster, California	Standard	1988-09-16	Valid
N2802A	Cessna 180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1988-09-01	Valid
N700E	Messerschmitt ME 109 G	Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, California	Experimental	1988-08-23	Valid
N170CL	Cessna 170B	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-08-18	Valid
N9306L	American Aviation AA-1A	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-08-10	Valid
N3675E	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-08-08	Valid
N8628M	Beech 35-B33	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1988-08-04	Valid
N3627Q	Schweizer Aircraft Corp G-164B	Sutter Butte Dusters INC Live Oak, California	Restricted	1988-08-01	Valid
N670AM	Douglas/Maloney SBD-5	Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, California	Experimental	1988-07-29	Valid
N714HH	Cessna 150M	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-07-26	Valid
N8290R	Bellanca 17-30A	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-07-23	Valid
N44670	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-07-15	Valid
N9730X	Cessna 210B	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-07-14	Valid
N77396	Cessna 120	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-07-06	Valid
N260EM	Martin Edward I THORP T-18	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	1988-06-28	Valid
N8603M	Beech 35-B33	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-06-25	Valid
N316DB	Shane Douglas B SHANE RUNABOUT	Individual owner California	Experimental	1988-06-23	Valid
N9397	Fairchild 24 C8A	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-06-21	Valid
N83NM	Mayo Mike And Nancy RUTAN LONG EZ	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	1988-06-14	Valid
N85004	Aeronca 7AC	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1988-06-10	Valid
N245MB	Bellanca 17-31ATC	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-06-09	Valid
N5387C	Cessna 140A	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-06-07	Valid
N6043P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-05-25	Valid
N7365M	Cessna 175	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-05-17	Valid
N76693	Cessna 140	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-04-18	Valid
N8891L	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1988-04-13	Valid
N4136H	Piper PA-15	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-03-30	Valid
N350Y	Buhl LA-1	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-03-28	Valid
N558TL	Lally Timothy A LONG EZ	Individual owner California	Experimental	1988-03-24	Valid
N852T	Beech C23	Individual owner California	Standard	1988-03-08	Valid
N71164	Cessna 182M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1988-03-07	Valid