· ICAO24 407ffb· last seen 7d ago

G-GOST is a Piper Cherokee, a single-engine piston aircraft. SkyMeter has tracked 92 flights totalling 113 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 2 callsigns. The most frequent segment is EGSX to EGSX. Service window in our records spans 384 days. Of those flights, 24 (26.1%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Piper Cherokee has a 35 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 2,440 lb.

About the Piper Cherokee

The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is one of general aviation's most successful designs, introduced in 1960 as Piper's answer to the Cessna 172. Built around a low-wing configuration with a single piston engine and fixed tricycle gear, the Cherokee family became a training and personal-flying staple across six decades. The original Cherokee 140, 150, 160, and 180 models (all grouped under the P28A designator) offered pilots an affordable, stable platform with docile handling characteristics and a roomy cabin that seated four adults. Piper built more than 32,000 PA-28 variants over the years, making it one of the most-produced light aircraft in history. The type's simplicity and ruggedness earned it a reputation as a forgiving trainer, and thousands of pilots earned their private certificates in Cherokees.

The PA-28-180 Cherokee, the most common variant under P28A, cruises around 125 knots on 180 horsepower, with a range of roughly 600 nautical miles and a service ceiling near 15,000 feet. Its Hershey-bar wing, a constant-chord design without taper, sacrifices some efficiency for predictable stall behavior and ease of manufacture. While later PA-28 models adopted tapered wings and fuel-injected engines, the early Cherokees remain ubiquitous on flight lines worldwide, prized for low operating costs and straightforward maintenance. The type's longevity is a testament to Piper's original design philosophy: build a simple, honest airplane that works.

SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the largest observed operator.

FLIGHTS
92
all time
FLOWN HOURS
113
tracked time
📍
AIRPORTS VISITED
14
unique
📡
CALLSIGNS
2
22 routes
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
06/13/2025 → 07/03/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
26.1%
24 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

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Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

2

Aircraft specifications

Piper Cherokee

Engines
Single Piston
Vref (approach)
70 kt
MTOW
2,440 lb
Wingspan
35 ft
Length
24 ft
Wake category
Light

Recent flights

Newest 46 operations of G-GOST

46
07/03/2026
1h 58m
△ Unstable approach
06/28/2026
2h 16m
No alerts
06/21/2026
1h 34m
△ Unstable approach
06/19/2026
2h 29m
No alerts
06/19/2026
1h 45m
No alerts
06/18/2026
1h 48m
No alerts
06/12/2026
1h 48m
No alerts
06/11/2026
1h 26m
No alerts
06/10/2026
1h 36m
No alerts
06/08/2026
1h 38m
No alerts
06/08/2026
1h 28m
No alerts
05/31/2026
1h 29m
No alerts
05/31/2026
1h 29m
No alerts
05/29/2026
2h 22m
No alerts
04/23/2026
32m
△ Unstable approach
04/22/2026
1h 24m
No alerts
04/17/2026
1h 31m
No alerts
04/13/2026
1h 18m
No alerts
04/08/2026
1h 32m
No alerts
02/25/2026
1h 16m
No alerts
12/05/2025
1h 18m
△ Unstable approach
11/25/2025
1h 16m
No alerts
10/10/2025
35m
△ Unstable approach
10/10/2025
39m
△ Unstable approach
09/19/2025
58m
△ Unstable approach
09/16/2025
25m
△ Unstable approach
09/16/2025
27m
△ Unstable approach
09/13/2025
50m
» Overspeed△ Unstable approach
09/12/2025
1h 30m
△ Unstable approach
08/30/2025
1h 28m
No alerts
07/03/2025
1h 42m
△ Unstable approach
07/03/2025
1h 46m
No alerts
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