N21480 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-28-161 built in 1978. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 21, 2023. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
N21480 is reserved by a private party since October 21, 2023. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Piper PA-28-161 cancelled October 21, 2023
- Serial number
- 28-7916043
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1978
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 18, 2011
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Last owner
- Patterson Andrew F (Individual)
Cutler, ME - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility
Cessna 182P cancelled April 6, 1973
- Serial number
- 18261659
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1972
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Germany
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 1973
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft CO (Corporation)
Zaventem, - Airworthiness
- None on file
Piper J-3 cancelled April 16, 1951
- Serial number
- 2327
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1938
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 16, 1947
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Remich Anthony P (Individual)
New Kensington, PA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N21480
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · serial 28-7916043
The pilot’s decision to continue flight under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot’s spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s degraded judgement and performance due to fatigue.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site