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N117DK

Piper Aircraft Inc PA-46-701TP

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N117DK is a Piper Aircraft Inc PA-46-701TP, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with turboprop engines, built in 2026. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Aircraft Partner Holdings INC Trustee, a corporation in Berlin. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 16, 2026. 2 documents are on file: 2 × bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Piper Aircraft Inc
Model
PA-46-701TP
Serial number
46020117
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Turboprop, 1 motor · P&W Canada PT6A-52 · 898 hp
Seats
6
Year built
2026
Transponder code
A04689 (octal 50043211)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 17, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 17, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 16, 2026
FAA region
European
FAA record id
01562354

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Aircraft Partner Holdings INC Trustee
Type
Corporation
Address
C/O Aircraft Partner
4U Ug Berliner Str 84
Berlin, 13189

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 2

2026-09-16Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)
2026-09-17Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

2015-05-20Mcelhannon David Fayette AVID MK IV SPEEDWING · Registration expired, pending cancellation

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N117DK, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Aircraft Partner Holdings INC Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued September 17, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 16, 2026, consistent with the 2026 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 46020117 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N117DK was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcelhannon David Fayette AVID MK IV SPEEDWING (serial 1383D, cancelled May 20, 2015). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

2 documents received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 16, 2026), Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 17, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N117DK: Accident on May 11, 1998 at Elberton, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA98LA158Accident on May 11, 1998 at Elberton, GA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1383D

Aircraft on the NTSB record: David Mcelhannon AVID MK. 4 · operated under 091

A loss of engine power due to a failed combustion assembly, expansion seal.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA98LA158 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data