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 records · 43 cases since 1982, 4 fatal
2023-02-09ANC23LA020 · PA-16 N5987H · accident near Soldotna, AK · no injuries
2022-01-10WPR22LA077 · PA-16 N6863K · accident near Creswell, OR · no injuries
2021-09-25ERA21LA392 · PA-16 N5656H · accident near Greensboro, GA · no injuries
2013-05-19ANC13LA048 · PA-16 N5372H · accident near Juneau, AK · minor injuries
2013-03-17ANC13CA034 · PA-16 N5942H · accident near Big Lake, AK · no injuries
2012-07-29CEN12CA503 · PA-16 N6834K · accident near Keokuk, IA · no injuries
2011-06-30CEN11CA435 · PA-16 N5985H · accident near Huntington, IN · no injuries
2011-02-05CEN11LA177 · PA-16 N5945H · accident near Lake Koshkonong, WI · minor injuries
The 8 most recent of 43 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Rates per registered aircraft, phases of flight and causes are coming with the analytics stage. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N5707H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner West Virginia |
Standard | 2009-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5895H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2009-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5366H | Piper PA-16 |
Shannon Harry D Bartow, Florida |
Standard | 2009-03-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6837K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Experimental | 2008-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5309H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2008-12-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5222H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2008-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5216H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Connecticut |
Standard | 2008-07-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5937H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2008-03-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5920H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2008-01-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5833H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Connecticut |
Standard | 2007-10-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5983H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
None on file | 2007-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5793H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2007-04-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5389H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner North Dakota |
Standard | 2006-11-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5945H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2006-09-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5265H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2006-03-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5661H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2006-01-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5852H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2005-12-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5842H | Piper PA-16 |
Univair Aircraft CORP Aurora, Colorado |
Standard | 2005-10-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5773H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Utah |
Standard | 2005-08-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5856H | Piper PA-16 |
Waco West INC Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2005-04-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5848H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2005-04-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5263H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2004-12-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5361H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2004-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5843H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2004-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5729H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 2004-04-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5839H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2004-02-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5704H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2004-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5788H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Iowa |
Standard | 2004-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6870K | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2003-07-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5787H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 2002-10-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5664H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2002-09-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5921H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2002-03-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5703H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2001-10-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N40260 | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner North Dakota |
None on file | 2001-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6811K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2000-11-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5638H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2000-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6854K | Piper PA-16 |
Mountain Air Cody, Wyoming |
Standard | 2000-06-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5277H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2000-01-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4000H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 1999-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5378H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Experimental | 1998-11-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6806K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 1998-10-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5798H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 1998-09-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5675H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 1998-02-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5832H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 1997-12-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5393H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 1997-12-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5293H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 1997-12-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5893H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 1997-04-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5377H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 1997-01-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6865K | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 1996-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5779H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 1993-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5909H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 1992-04-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5294H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner District of Columbia |
Standard | 1991-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6878K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 1990-01-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6840K | Piper PA-16 |
Valley Airways INC Scottsbluff, Nebraska |
Standard | 1989-11-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5258H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 1989-11-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5644H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 1989-09-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5724H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 1989-09-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5831H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 1989-01-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6800K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 1987-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5343H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 1986-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5782H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 1984-10-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5767H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 1984-09-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5955H | Piper PA-16 |
Herb Meloche LTD West Allis, Wisconsin |
Standard | 1984-01-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5838H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 1981-04-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5388H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 1980-02-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6836K | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 1980-01-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6807K | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Minnesota |
Standard | 1979-07-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5819H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 1979-03-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5214H | Piper PA-16 |
Vagabond Flight Corporation Decatur, Illinois |
Standard | 1977-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5958H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 1977-05-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5786H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 1975-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5642H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 1974-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5813H | Piper PA-16 |
Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 1973-08-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5725H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 1973-05-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5768H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 1972-12-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5954H | Piper PA-16 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | Pending cancellationFAA registration status code 19: Registration pending, pending cancellation. All codes |
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