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N2851Z

Piper PA-28-161

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesMissouri
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N2851Z 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 Atd Pilot Training LLC, an LLC in Kansas City, Missouri. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 28, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated May 15, 1979.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s 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
28-7916479
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
Seats
4
Year built
1979
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A2E321 (octal 50561441)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
February 28, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 28, 2024
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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 15, 1979
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00920443

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Atd Pilot Training LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
10 NW Richards Rd
Kansas City, MO 64116-4253
Learn to fly in N2851Z with Atd Pilot Training LLC:
Call 316-680-9423EmailWebsite

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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

1978-09-15Piper PA-22-150 · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N2851Z, 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 Atd Pilot Training LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 28, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated May 15, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7916479 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N2851Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-22-150 (serial 22-6847, cancelled September 15, 1978). 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 N2851Z: Accident on July 7, 2008 at Canyon City, OR: 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

LAX08CA243Accident on July 7, 2008 at Canyon City, OR: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing to the accident was the gusting tailwind.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data