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N2477K

Piper PA-38-112

Valid Texas

N2477K is a Piper PA-38-112, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Corpus Christi, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 11, 2021 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 16, 1979.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-38-112 · all PA-38-112s and related versions
Serial number
38-79A0657
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
183 mph
Transponder code
A24D57 (octal 50446527)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 11, 2021
Expires
August 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 3, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 16, 1979
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00302762

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
King Mike
Type
Individual
Address
3206 Casa Blanca Dr
Corpus Christi, TX 78411-3302

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1960-04-26Luscombe 8E · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N2477K, 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 King Mike, an individual, certificate issued August 11, 2021, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated February 16, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 38-79A0657 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2477K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Luscombe 8E (serial 5204, cancelled April 26, 1960). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N2477K: Accident on April 20, 1997 at Wellsville, NY: 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

IAD97LA068Accident on April 20, 1997 at Wellsville, NY: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 79-A0657

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-38-112 · operated under 091

the student pilot's improper flare, improper recovery from a bounced landing, and loss of directional control, during the landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD97LA068 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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