Piper PA-32-300
N20787 is a Piper PA-32-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Frisco, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 6, 2015 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 15, 1978.
Where is it now Last seen Monday at 5:03 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-300 · all PA-32-300s 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-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 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
- 32-7840181
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- A1AF94 (octal 50327624)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 6, 2015
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2026
- 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 · August 15, 1978
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00011232
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Crawford Donald Mark
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 7685 Fossil Ridge Dr
Frisco, TX 75034-5468
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 N20787 links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 3,916 registered
- Piper 44,840 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-540 series 4,223 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Frisco, TX 595 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,976 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 69 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 935 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 488 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540 series 50 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540 series 316 reports since 1995
- Where N20787 is now · Last seen Monday at 5:03 pm.
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The public federal record on N20787, 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 Crawford Donald Mark, an individual, certificate issued July 6, 2015, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 15, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32-7840181 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N20787 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182P (serial 18261203, cancelled July 2, 1974). 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]
1 NTSB record under N20787: Accident on August 16, 2002 at Chatham, MA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA32-300 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue the landing after losing visual contact with the runway, which resulted in his failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, and the subsequent overrun. Factors in this accident were the clouds and low ceiling.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 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 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data