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PA-23-160 — Piper Aircraft PA-23-160

Piper Aircraft PA-23-160
PA23
Photo via Wikipedia: Piper PA-23
Year
Owner
Piper Aircraft
Last seen
MTOW
2,100 kg
Range
1,030 nm
Seats
4
PA-23-160hover
Piper Aircraft · PA-23-160
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
240
Active
209
Origin
US
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
PA23
PA23
2,100 kg1,030 nm166 kt4
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Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS 1A10 · 51 · issued 2006-08-07

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS 1A10), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

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Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Piper Aircraft PA-23-160market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Piper Aircraft PA-23-160 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

67 yearsmedian age

Of the 179 registered Piper Aircraft PA-23-160 with a known build year (75% of the 240 we track), the median age is 67 years.

Registration activity

8changed registration in 12 months

8 of the 240 registered Piper Aircraft PA-23-160 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (3% of the fleet), across 8 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
6
Tracked flights
34
Tracked flight hours
42
Share of fleet flying
3%

6 Piper Aircraft PA-23-160 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (3% of the registered fleet), across 34 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.