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N228NC

Piper PA-28R-200

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesDelaware

N228NC is a Piper PA-28R-200, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Ial CORP, a corporation in Lewes, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on and expires on . It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 28, 1969.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28R-200 · all PA-28R-200s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 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
28R-35652
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 I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1969
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
A1FFE8 (octal 50377750)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
—
Expires
—
Last FAA action
April 16, 2025
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 · October 28, 1969
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00131083

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Ial CORP
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
16192 Coastal Hwy
Lewes, DE 19958-3608

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Documents on file 0

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

Connections how N228NC links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Ial CORP 31 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to August 5, 2027
Place
  • Lewes, DE 897 aircraft registered in this town
  • Delaware 10,952 aircraft registered

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The public federal record on N228NC, 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 Ial CORP, a corporation, certificate issued , expires date not given. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated October 28, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28R-35652 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N228NC according to the deregistered file. [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 N228NC: Accident on May 12, 2016 at Lee'S Summit, MO: 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

GAA16CA236Accident on May 12, 2016 at Lee'S Summit, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 28R · operated under 091

The pilot's improper pitch control after the landing flare, resulting in an aerodynamic stall, hard landing, and consequent substantial left wing damage.

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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 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data