Piper PA-16 Clipper
276 on the U.S. register. Built from 1947 to 1979; half of them date from 1949 or earlier. Texas has the most (22). 15% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.
About the PA-16 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Lycoming 0-235 Series (252), Lycoming 0-290 Series (13), Lycoming 0-320 Series (4)
- Seats
- 4
- Cruise speed
- about 87 mph
- Maker on the register
- Piper
- Registered
- earliest certificate December 5, 1972; newest October 1, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Texas22Florida19Washington17California15New York14Wisconsin13Oregon13Michigan13Illinois11Alaska11Iowa9North Carolina8
Who owns them registrant type
Individual192 (70%)Co-owned42 (15%)LLC21 (8%)Corporation16 (6%)Partnership5 (2%)
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
| Version | Registered | Built | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA-16 | 276 | 1944 to 1979 | 100.0% |
When they were built by decade · 62 with no year on file
Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far
Registration status
Valid275 (100%)Pending cancellation1 (0.4%)
Airworthiness certificate class
Standard266 (96%)None on file5 (2%)Experimental4 (1%)Restricted1 (0.4%)
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Top Flight Detail LLC2Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee2Piper Aviation Museum Foundation2Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum1Waco West INC1Valley Airways INC1Valiair Lc Trustee1Vagabond Flight Corporation1Usaviation.Com LLC1Univair Aircraft CORP1Tri-Lambs LLC1Time 2 Fly LLC1
Fleet pages: Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee · Piper Aviation Museum Foundation · Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum · Valiair Lc Trustee
Accident history NTSB
Each aircraft's own page already shows its NTSB accident and incident record. The model-wide record (accidents per year, fatal and non-fatal, against the number registered) is being added; it will appear here.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Piper PA-16 Clipper aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
276 as of October 2, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Piper PA-16s?
Texas, with 22.
Who owns the Piper PA-16?
15% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 276
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N5705H | Piper PA-16 |
Hangar 13 LLC Winchester, Virginia |
Standard | 2026-10-01 | Valid |
| N5600H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2026-09-02 | Valid |
| N4473Y | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2026-08-29 | Valid |
| N5745H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2026-08-12 | Valid |
| N5754H | Piper PA-16 |
Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Lock Haven, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2026-07-28 | Valid |
| N5942H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-07-18 | Valid |
| N5801H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2026-07-02 | Valid |
| N5688H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2026-06-01 | Valid |
| N5914H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2026-05-31 | Valid |
| N5810H | Piper PA-16 |
International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2026-05-26 | Valid |
| N5250H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2026-05-19 | Valid |
| N5901H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2026-04-23 | Valid |
| N5292H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2026-03-12 | Valid |
| N5240H | Piper PA-16 |
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-03-02 | Valid |
| N5325H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2026-03-01 | Valid |
| N5386H | Piper PA-16 |
Mcwhorter AG LLC Searcy, Arkansas |
Standard | 2026-02-22 | Valid |
| N5730H | Piper PA-16 |
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-18 | Valid |
| N5360H | Piper PA-16 |
Eastern Stearman INC Trustee Leesburg, Virginia |
Standard | 2026-02-09 | Valid |
| N5333H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-01-23 | Valid |
| N5206H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2026-01-01 | Valid |
| N5380H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2025-12-19 | Valid |
| N5818H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2025-12-16 | Valid |
| N5619H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2025-12-08 | Valid |
| N5672H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-11-11 | Valid |
| N6818K | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Iowa |
Standard | 2025-10-20 | Valid |
| N5676H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2025-10-08 | Valid |
| N621 | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2025-09-16 | Valid |
| N5304H | Piper PA-16 |
Myakka Head Aviation LLC DBA Bradenton, Florida |
Standard | 2025-09-10 | Valid |
| N5982H | Piper PA-16 |
Clipper New Mexico LLC Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Standard | 2025-09-08 | Valid |
| N5321H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-09-02 | Valid |
| N5995H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Washington |
None on file | 2025-08-21 | Valid |
| N5284H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2025-08-18 | Valid |
| N5866H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2025-07-15 | Valid |
| N5808H | Piper PA-16 |
Ready Aim Flyer LLC Hockessin, Delaware |
Standard | 2025-05-15 | Valid |
| N5964H | Piper PA-16 |
Rockdale Tiger Flight Rockdale, Texas |
Standard | 2025-04-29 | Valid |
| N5631H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-04-28 | Valid |
| N5739H | Piper PA-16 |
Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2025-04-18 | Valid |
| N5300H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2025-04-04 | Valid |
| N6834K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2025-03-19 | Valid |
| N5846H | Piper PA-16 |
Top Flight Detail LLC Middlebury, Indiana |
Standard | 2025-03-18 | Valid |
| N5337H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2025-03-08 | Valid |
| N5784H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-02-03 | Valid |
| N5789H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-01-29 | Valid |
| N5949H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-01-15 | Valid |
| N5656H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-01-06 | Valid |
| N5215H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2024-11-25 | Valid |
| N5264H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Oregon |
Standard | 2024-11-12 | Valid |
| N6859K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2024-10-09 | Valid |
| N5993H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2024-10-02 | Valid |
| N6876K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2024-09-27 | Valid |
| N5651H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2024-08-29 | Valid |
| N5910H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2024-08-14 | Valid |
| N5626H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-07-25 | Valid |
| N5757H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-07-17 | Valid |
| N5814H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2024-06-22 | Valid |
| N5209H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2024-06-21 | Valid |
| N5326H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2024-05-30 | Valid |
| N5904H | Piper PA-16 |
N5904H LLC Winter Haven, Florida |
Standard | 2024-05-21 | Valid |
| N5696H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Mississippi |
Standard | 2024-05-18 | Valid |
| N5753H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2024-05-16 | Valid |
| N6858K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-05-09 | Valid |
| N5673H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner West Virginia |
Standard | 2024-04-04 | Valid |
| N5384H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2024-04-01 | Valid |
| N5640H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner New Hampshire |
Standard | 2024-02-16 | Valid |
| N5886H | Piper PA-16 |
86H LLC Burlington, Vermont |
Standard | 2024-02-13 | Valid |
| N6864K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Puerto Rico |
Standard | 2024-02-12 | Valid |
| N5230H | Piper PA-16 |
Seneca Aeronautical Services LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-12-15 | Valid |
| N5223H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-12-04 | Valid |
| N6844K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-12-01 | Valid |
| N5622H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-10-13 | Valid |
| N5855H | Piper PA-16 |
Northeast Cub LLC Hudson, New York |
Standard | 2023-10-09 | Valid |
| N5639H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-09-26 | Valid |
| N5689H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-08-27 | Valid |
| N5975H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-08-23 | Valid |
| N5261H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-08-18 | Valid |
| N5817H | Piper PA-16 |
Piper Aviation Museum Foundation Lock Haven, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-06-17 | Valid |
| N6856K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-05-30 | Valid |
| N5255H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 2023-05-24 | Valid |
| N5951H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-05-20 | Valid |
| N5229H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2023-05-04 | Valid |
| N5363H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2023-04-26 | Valid |
| N5714H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-04-25 | Valid |
| N5279H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | Valid |
| N5716H | Piper PA-16 |
Leaders Flying Service LLC Clear Lake, Minnesota |
Standard | 2023-04-17 | Valid |
| N5628H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-04-16 | Valid |
| N624BL | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Alabama |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | Valid |
| N5740H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-03-30 | Valid |
| N5776H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-03-03 | Valid |
| N5235H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2023-02-18 | Valid |
| N5916H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Oregon |
Standard | 2023-02-18 | Valid |
| N6847K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2023-01-20 | Valid |
| N5723H | Piper PA-16 |
Valiair Lc Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2022-12-20 | Valid |
| N5840H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2022-12-09 | Valid |
| N77DW | Piper PA-16 |
Top Flight Detail LLC Middlebury, Indiana |
Experimental | 2022-12-01 | Valid |
| N5693H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2022-10-29 | Valid |
| N5356H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2022-09-22 | Valid |
| N5794H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Arizona |
Standard | 2022-09-13 | Valid |
| N6887K | Piper PA-16 |
Atmospheric Vehicle & Spacecraft Flight Exploratio Rch Palos Vrd, California |
None on file | 2022-09-06 | Valid |
| N5858H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner South Dakota |
Standard | 2022-07-21 | Valid |
| N5902H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2022-07-08 | Valid |
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