Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28R-201
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 FAA lists the registration as "first notice for registration renewal" (certificate issued April 6, 2017). It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 16, 2017.
Where is it now Last seen Monday at 1:25 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper Aircraft Inc
- Model
- PA-28R-201 · all PA-28R-201s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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
- 2844167
- 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 · Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 · 200 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2017
- Transponder code
- A2E1A8 (octal 50560650)
Registration
- Status
- First notice for registration renewalFAA registration status code 25 (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 6, 2017
- Expires
- April 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- 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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 16, 2017
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01239043
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Georgia Aviation Authority
- Type
- GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- 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
Connections how N285MG links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,620 registered
- Piper Aircraft Inc 1,434 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 64 aircraft with this engine series · 200 hp
- Georgia Aviation Authority 67 aircraft in the fleet
- Eastman, GA 75 aircraft registered in this town
- Heart Of Georgia Regional · EZM
- Georgia 8,801 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 90 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 3,269 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 697 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 34 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 103 reports since 1995
- Where N285MG is now · Last seen Monday at 1:25 pm.
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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.
Registration status is "First notice for registration renewal". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 16, 2017, consistent with the 2017 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2844167 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
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]
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 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]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper Aircraft INC PA-28R-201 · operated under 091
An inflight collision with a bird.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cirrus Design Corp. SR22 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data