Piper PA-28-181
N21131 is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Albertville, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 29, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 18, 1978. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-7990035
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A1C014 (octal 50340024)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 29, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · August 18, 1978
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00801342
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Emge Douglas W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 300 Alldredge Dr
Albertville, AL 35950-9351
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 1
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N21131, 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 Emge Douglas W, an individual, certificate issued March 29, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 18, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7990035 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N21131 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182P (serial 18261436, cancelled June 14, 1973). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 1, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N21131: Accident on May 7, 2004 at Many, LA: 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 PA-28-181 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper touchdown which resulted in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW04LA135 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 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