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Piper PA-31T1
N165SW is a Piper PA-31T1, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines. It has 7 seats. It is registered to N165Sw LLC, an LLC in Lagrange, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 15, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 12, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-31T1 · all PA-31T1s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 31T-7904051
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A105E6 (octal 50202746)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 15, 2016
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 12, 1979
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00480495
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N165Sw LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 121 Riverbluff Dr
Lagrange, GA 30240-7572
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N165SW links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 934 registered
- Piper 44,839 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- N165Sw LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Lagrange, GA 32 aircraft registered in this town
- Lagrange/Callaway Airport · LGC
- Georgia 8,803 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 114 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 3,365 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 535 supplemental type certificates
- Report filed on this aircraft: Hydraulic Line, cracked · 1995-02-23
- Report filed on this aircraft: Diaphragm, leaking · 1995-02-21
- Report filed on this aircraft: Packing, worn · 1995-01-28
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N165SW.json.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N165SW, 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 N165Sw LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 15, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31T-7904051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N165SW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Swearingen SA227-AC (serial AC-514, cancelled March 28, 2000). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N165SW: Accident on January 5, 1997 at Bullhead City, AZ: minor injuries, destroyed. Accident on January 10, 1987 at Yuma, AZ: no injuries, substantial 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Fairchild SA227-AC · operated under 135
failure of the pilot(s) to use 'override' ignition as prescribed by checklist procedures during an encounter with icing conditions, which subsequently led to ice ingestion and dual engine flame-outs. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather (icing) conditions, the accumulation of airframe/engine ice, and lack of suitable terrain in the emergency landing area.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Swearingen SA227-AC · operated under 135
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data