Piper PA-28-161
N2838D is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to His Promise Aviation Service INC, a corporation in Big Spring, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2018 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 7, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-7916463
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A2DC94 (octal 50556224)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 30, 2018
- Expires
- July 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 26, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · May 7, 1979
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00000403
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- His Promise Aviation Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 1592
Big Spring, TX 79721-1592
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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 N2838D, 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 His Promise Aviation Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 30, 2018, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 7, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7916463 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2838D 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 N2838D: Accident on April 22, 2011 at Meriden, CT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 12, 2011 at Oxford, CT: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
Maintenance personnel's inadequate inspection of the main landing gear, which resulted in a failure of the right main landing gear’s inboard torque link lug due to a fatigue fracture. Contributing to the accident was owner's lack of compliance with a factory service bulletin addressing landing gear inspections.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
The student pilot's inadequate landing flare and the certified flight instructor's inadequate remedial action, resulting in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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