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N1859A

Piper PA-28-181

Valid Virginia

N1859A is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2022. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Averett University, a corporation in Danville, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 13, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 23, 2022.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
Serial number
2881527
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-B4A · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2022
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A156D3 (octal 50253323)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 13, 2022
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 23, 2022
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01358327

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Averett University
Type
Corporation
Address
420 W Main St
Danville, VA 24541-3612

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2010-06-08Beech A36 · exported to Uruguay · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N1859A, 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 Averett University, a corporation, certificate issued September 13, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated February 23, 2022, consistent with the 2022 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2881527 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N1859A was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech A36 (serial E-1929, cancelled June 8, 2010). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N1859A: Accident on June 3, 1987 at Greenville, SC: 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

ATL87LA157Accident on June 3, 1987 at Greenville, SC: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: E1929

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech A36 · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL87LA157 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

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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data