Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga
3,917 on the U.S. register across 14 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1965 to 2008; half of them date from 1978 or earlier. Florida has the most (416). 56% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.
About the PA-32 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
- Common engines
- Lycoming Ti0-540 Ser (1,654), Lycoming Io-540 Ser (1,060), Lycoming 0-540 Series (645)
- Seats
- 6 (up to 7 in some versions)
- Cruise speed
- about 126 mph
- Makers on the register
- Piper, Piper Aircraft Inc, New Piper Aircraft Inc
- Registered
- earliest certificate June 20, 1967; newest October 1, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Florida416Texas342California251Delaware161Georgia143North Carolina136Ohio127Pennsylvania125Tennessee114Michigan110Indiana94Alaska93
Who owns them registrant type
LLC1,547 (39%)Individual1,298 (33%)Corporation615 (16%)Co-owned410 (10%)Partnership32 (0.8%)Non-citizen corporation11 (0.3%)Government4 (0.1%)
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
| Version | Registered | Built | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA-32-300 | 992 | 1948 to 1980 | 25.3% |
| PA-32-260 | 650 | 1964 to 1978 | 16.6% |
| PA-32R-301T | 555 | 1979 to 2008 | 14.2% |
| PA-32R-300 | 510 | 1975 to 1978 | 13.0% |
| PA-32R-301 | 462 | 1979 to 2006 | 11.8% |
| PA-32RT-300T | 204 | 1954 to 1989 | 5.2% |
| PA-32RT-300 | 200 | 1977 to 1979 | 5.1% |
| PA-32-301 | 167 | 1980 to 1996 | 4.3% |
| PA-32-301T | 81 | 1980 to 1987 | 2.1% |
| PA32-301FT | 43 | 2003 to 2007 | 1.1% |
| PA32-301XTC | 36 | 2003 to 2006 | 0.9% |
| PA-32RT-301T | 7 | 1982 to 1986 | 0.2% |
| PA-32-301XTC | 7 | 2005 to 2006 | 0.2% |
| PA-32S-300 | 3 | 1967 to 1971 | 0.1% |
When they were built by decade · 567 with no year on file
Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far
Registration status
Valid3,872 (99%)Pending31 (0.8%)Sale reported10 (0.3%)Reports overdue2 (0.1%)Invalid2 (0.1%)
Airworthiness certificate class
Standard3,794 (97%)None on file109 (3%)Experimental6 (0.2%)Special flight permit4 (0.1%)Restricted2 (0.1%)Provisional1 (0.0%)
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee22International Air Services INC Trustee16Bas Part Sales LLC15Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee10Sky West Aviation INC Trustee6Dodson International Parts INC6Qualitair LLC Trustee5Piper Aircraft INC5Valiair Lc Trustee4High Noon Leasing LLC4Blue Waters Air Charters LLC4Aig Aeronautics LLC4
Fleet pages: Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee · International Air Services INC Trustee · Bas Part Sales LLC · Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee · Sky West Aviation INC Trustee · Dodson International Parts INC · Qualitair LLC Trustee · Piper Aircraft INC
Accident history NTSB records · 1,232 cases since 1982, 366 fatal
2026-09-09ERA26LA336 · PA-32-300 N4056W · accident near West Kingston, RI · no injuries
2026-08-21ERA26LA322 · PA-32R-300 N2297M · accident near Thomaston, GA · no injuries
2026-08-06ANC26LA080 · PA-32-260 N8791E · accident near Pinetown, NC · minor injuries
2026-05-22CEN26LA202 · PA-32R-300 N4556Q · accident near Comanche, TX · no injuries
2026-05-17WPR26FA189 · PA-32-300 N8502N · accident near Empire, NV · 2 killed
2026-04-09WPR26FA151 · PA-32R-301T N4190E · accident near Marana, AZ · 2 killed
2026-03-25ERA26LA151 · PA-32-260 N7081H · accident near Block Island, RI · minor injuries
2025-12-24WPR26FA069 · PA-32-260 N2785Q · accident near Rio Linda, CA · 1 killed
The 8 most recent of 1,232 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-32 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
3,917 as of October 2, 2026, counting 14 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Piper PA-32s?
Florida, with 416.
Who owns the Piper PA-32?
56% 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 · 650 PA-32-260 (all versions)
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N7737J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Vir INC West Bend, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2024-06-24 | Valid |
| N4885S | Piper PA-32-260 |
Em & Rb Aviation Group LLC Tampa, Florida |
Standard | 2024-06-23 | Valid |
| N140JG | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2024-06-16 | Valid |
| N15134 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2024-06-16 | Valid |
| N176WB | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-06-13 | Valid |
| N3339W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Wings With The Word Sanford, Maine |
Standard | 2024-06-13 | Valid |
| N4808S | Piper PA-32-260 |
Axim Aero LLC Miami, Florida |
Standard | 2024-06-11 | Valid |
| N4810S | Piper PA-32-260 |
St Somewhere Airlines LLC Destrehan, Louisiana |
Standard | 2024-06-07 | Valid |
| N7081H | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2024-05-30 | Valid |
| N55AF | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2024-05-28 | Valid |
| N5565J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2024-05-24 | Valid |
| N3687W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Bluewater Marine Group INC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2024-05-17 | Valid |
| N3499W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Aviator Solutions LLC Oregonia, Ohio |
Standard | 2024-05-12 | Valid |
| N3478W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Double D Air LLC Killeen, Texas |
Standard | 2024-05-11 | Valid |
| N3803W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Connecticut |
Standard | 2024-05-06 | Valid |
| N3453W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Utah |
Standard | 2024-05-01 | Valid |
| N775DH | Piper PA-32-260 |
Wheels Down Aviation LLC Goshen, New York |
Standard | 2024-05-01 | Valid |
| N130GH | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Arizona |
Standard | 2024-04-25 | Valid |
| N523CD | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2024-04-20 | Valid |
| N5530J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2024-04-13 | Valid |
| N3322W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2024-04-08 | Valid |
| N207VR | Piper PA-32-260 |
B&C Properties LLC Bristol, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2024-04-06 | Valid |
| N3420W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2024-04-02 | Valid |
| N3629W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Fly Code Repeat LLC Lewes, Delaware |
Standard | 2024-03-25 | Valid |
| N3620W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2024-03-20 | Valid |
| N1161X | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2024-03-16 | Valid |
| N3612W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Kard Aviation LLC Greenville, South Carolina |
Standard | 2024-03-11 | Valid |
| N7122J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2024-03-11 | Valid |
| N71KK | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2024-03-08 | Valid |
| N4740S | Piper PA-32-260 |
Jeg Air LLC Monroe, Georgia |
Standard | 2024-03-05 | Valid |
| N3589W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Cfi Aero LLC Riverside, California |
Standard | 2024-03-04 | Valid |
| N5539J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2024-02-25 | Valid |
| N3876W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2024-02-16 | Valid |
| N7707J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2024-02-16 | Valid |
| N3808W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Dodson International Parts INC Rantoul, Kansas |
Standard | 2024-02-14 | Valid |
| N3613W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Wisconsin |
Standard | 2024-02-12 | Valid |
| N15646 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2024-01-28 | Valid |
| N3937W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2024-01-28 | Valid |
| N40SA | Piper PA-32-260 |
Semper Fi Aviation LLC Brooksville, Florida |
Standard | 2024-01-27 | Valid |
| N3860W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2024-01-14 | Valid |
| N3249W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Mountain West Aviation LLC Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Standard | 2024-01-13 | Valid |
| N3514W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2024-01-13 | Valid |
| N3476W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-01-02 | Valid |
| N3671W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-12-21 | Valid |
| N3406W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Qwikflights LLC Herriman, Utah |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | Valid |
| N3982W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | Valid |
| N3FN | Piper PA-32-260 |
Freedom Wings LLC Spout Spring, Virginia |
Standard | 2023-12-18 | Valid |
| N3651W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-12-14 | Valid |
| N433ST | Piper PA-32-260 |
Cirrus Chaser LLC Thomasville, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-12-05 | Valid |
| N56766 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2023-11-26 | Valid |
| N3830W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Kris Noone Air LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-11-16 | Valid |
| N34DL | Piper PA-32-260 |
Adlava LLC Dover, Ohio |
Standard | 2023-11-08 | Valid |
| N7735J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2023-11-06 | Valid |
| N3686W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2023-11-03 | Valid |
| N41579 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Mississippi |
Standard | 2023-10-24 | Valid |
| N6810 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2023-10-23 | Valid |
| N3742W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-10-18 | Valid |
| N3909W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2023-10-17 | Valid |
| N3525W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2023-10-14 | Valid |
| N1465T | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-10-11 | Valid |
| N3348W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-10-05 | Valid |
| N3843W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Missouri |
Standard | 2023-10-05 | Valid |
| N3378W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-09-27 | Valid |
| N67180 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-09-23 | Valid |
| N217LF | Piper PA-32-260 |
Watson Stuart Aviation LLC Magnolia, Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-09-19 | Valid |
| N56320 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2023-09-03 | Valid |
| N3917W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Air Tipton INC Tipton, Iowa |
Standard | 2023-08-15 | Valid |
| N8601N | Piper PA-32-260 |
Lpm Sky Masters LLC Green Cove Springs, Florida |
Standard | 2023-08-09 | Valid |
| N5581J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Kts Spar Bay LLC Coral Gables, Florida |
Standard | 2023-08-07 | Valid |
| N3344W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-08-05 | Valid |
| N3442W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Rad Eye LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2023-08-05 | Valid |
| N4889S | Piper PA-32-260 |
Tiger Wings LLC Hoover, Alabama |
Standard | 2023-07-31 | Valid |
| N3596W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2023-07-30 | Valid |
| N3200W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2023-07-19 | Valid |
| N121S | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2023-07-08 | Valid |
| N15551 | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-07-01 | Valid |
| N3736W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-06-28 | Valid |
| N3960W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-06-28 | Valid |
| N5583J | Piper PA-32-260 |
5150 Ventures LLC Effingham, Illinois |
Standard | 2023-06-24 | Valid |
| N412PM | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | 2023-06-15 | Valid |
| N5516J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Indiana |
Standard | 2023-06-13 | Valid |
| N3814W | Piper PA-32-260 |
N3814W LLC Maumee, Ohio |
Standard | 2023-06-12 | Valid |
| N6877F | Piper PA-32-260 |
Aces Full INC Deadwood, South Dakota |
Standard | 2023-06-06 | Valid |
| N448MJ | Piper PA-32-260 |
N448Mj LLC Augusta, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-06-02 | Valid |
| N3541W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Flying Horsemen Aviation LLC Lyons, Michigan |
Standard | 2023-06-01 | Valid |
| N3790W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-06-01 | Valid |
| N3564W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Wemyh Air LLC Krum, Texas |
Standard | 2023-05-29 | Valid |
| N3278W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Utah |
Standard | 2023-05-23 | Valid |
| N3233W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner Idaho |
Standard | 2023-05-10 | Valid |
| N3498W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-05-04 | Valid |
| N3510W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-04-18 | Valid |
| N7718J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Prcs Logistics LLC South Bound Brook, New Jersey |
Standard | 2023-04-12 | Valid |
| N3677W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-04-05 | Valid |
| N64EH | Piper PA-32-260 |
Red Stick Brothers LLC Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Standard | 2023-04-04 | Valid |
| N1497X | Piper PA-32-260 |
Tundra Toyo And Heating LLC Nome, Alaska |
Standard | 2023-04-03 | Valid |
| N1061Q | Piper PA-32-260 |
Lbdd Enterprises 61Q LLC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-04-01 | Valid |
| N4812S | Piper PA-32-260 |
Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-03-24 | Valid |
| N3552W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Two Sixty Aviation LLC Wilmington, North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-03-21 | Valid |
| N5536J | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Illinois |
Standard | 2023-03-20 | Valid |
| N3391W | Piper PA-32-260 |
Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2023-03-16 | Valid |