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Piper PA-24-250 · 1963 · Michigan City, IN
N8285P is a 1963 Piper PA-24-250 (serial 24-3537), registered to Phillips Dale J (individual) in Michigan City, IN. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires October 2027; the airworthiness certificate dates from September 1963 (63 years ago). It carries a Lycoming 0-540 SERIES engine rated at 250 hp, the engine on 93% of registered Piper PA-24-250s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address AB51A8. It is one of 1,224 Piper PA-24-250 aircraft on the FAA registry. Phillips Dale J holds 3 aircraft on the registry.
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1,118 of the 1,202 registered Piper PA-24-250 carry this engine (93%), across 13 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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