Piper PA-44-180
N2173S is a Piper PA-44-180, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sunrise Aviation INC, a corporation in Ormond Beach, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 2017 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 28, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-44-180 · all PA-44-180s and related versions
- Serial number
- 44-7995245
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1979
- Transponder code
- A1D655 (octal 50353125)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 2, 2017
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 28, 1979
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00911572
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sunrise Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 740 Airport Rd
Ormond Beach, FL 32174-8755
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N2173S, 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 Sunrise Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 2, 2017, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 28, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-7995245 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2173S according to the deregistered file. [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 N2173S: Accident on July 14, 2017 at Marineland, FL: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on June 7, 2007 at Lumberton, NJ: 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: Piper PA 44-180 · operated under 091
A loss of control in flight for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information, which resulted in an in-flight breakup.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR17FA151 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-44-180 · operated under 091
The flight instructor's improper decision to simulate an engine failure in the traffic pattern by cutting off fuel to the engine, and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC07CA133 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data