Piper PA-32-260
N2785Q is a Piper PA-32-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 6 seats. It is registered to A&R Aero LLC, an LLC in Sacramento, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 22, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 28, 1966.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-260 · all PA-32-260s and related versions
- Serial number
- 32-688
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- A2C74A (octal 50543512)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 22, 2021
- Expires
- December 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- July 1, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 28, 1966
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00690213
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- A&R Aero LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 455 Allaire Cir
Sacramento, CA 95835-2436
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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 N2785Q, 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 A&R Aero LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 22, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 28, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32-688 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2785Q 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]
1 NTSB record under N2785Q: Accident on December 24, 2025 at Rio Linda, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-260 · operated under 091
On December 24, 2025, at approximately 1230 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-260, N2785Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Rio Linda, California. The pilot sustained serious injuries, and the pilot-rated passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to friends of the pilot, the airplane had not flown since August, and the purpose of the flight was for the pilot, who was the owner, to maintain proficiency. No ADS-B data was available for the flight; however, it appeared…
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- 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