Piper PA-28-181
N30561 is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Laporte, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2011 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 23, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-7990096
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A33529 (octal 50632451)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 13, 2011
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · September 23, 1978
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00391213
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Eisele William L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6745 W Johnson Rd
Laporte, IN 46350-8293
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N30561, 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 Eisele William L, an individual, certificate issued October 13, 2011, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 23, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7990096 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N30561 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper J3C-65 (serial 4931, cancelled October 7, 1965). 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 N30561: Accident on August 16, 1998 at Michigan City, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 22, 1986 at Oil Trough, AR: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
the pilot departed into known adverse weather and failed to maintain directional control of the airplane. A factor was the fog.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI98LA324 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MKC86LA073 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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
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