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N285MG

Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201

Valid Georgia

N285MG is a Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2017. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Georgia Aviation Authority, a government body in Eastman, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 6, 2017 and expires on April 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 16, 2017.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper Aircraft Inc
Model
PA-28R-201 · all PA-28R-201s and related versions
Serial number
2844167
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 · 200 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2017
Transponder code
A2E1A8 (octal 50560650)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 6, 2017
Expires
April 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 16, 2017
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
01239043

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Georgia Aviation Authority
Type
Government
Address
71 Airport Rd
Eastman, GA 31023-3900

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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

2007-02-07Cirrus Design Corp SR22 · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N285MG, 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 Georgia Aviation Authority, a government body, certificate issued April 6, 2017, expires April 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 16, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2844167 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N285MG was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cirrus Design Corp SR22 (serial 1626, cancelled February 7, 2007). 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

2 NTSB records under N285MG: Accident on June 24, 2023 at Macon, GA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 22, 2006 at Lincoln Park, NJ: no injuries, destroyed. 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 2

ERA23LA303Accident on June 24, 2023 at Macon, GA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper Aircraft INC PA-28R-201 · operated under 091

An inflight collision with a bird.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA23LA303 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

NYC06CA058Accident on January 22, 2006 at Lincoln Park, NJ: no injuries, destroyed.serial on NTSB record: 1626

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC06CA058 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