Piper PA-23-250
N143AC is a Piper PA-23-250, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Potcake Aviation LLC, an LLC in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 26, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 9, 1973.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-23-250 · all PA-23-250s and related versions
- Serial number
- 27-7304989
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 150 mph
- Transponder code
- A0ADD8 (octal 50126730)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 26, 2020
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · January 9, 1973
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00001660
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Potcake Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 7967
Missoula, MT 59807-7967
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N143AC, 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.
Valid registration to Potcake Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 26, 2020, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated January 9, 1973, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 27-7304989 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N143AC according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N143AC: Incident on May 7, 1992 at Valentine, NE: no injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-23-250 · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND THE INATTENTIVE FAA INSPECTOR (CHECK AIRMAN). ASSOCIATED FACTORS ARE THE INOPERATIVE LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM, THE INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION BY THE PILOT AND FAA INSPECTOR, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO USE A CHECKLIST.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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