Piper PA-28-140
N317LB is a Piper PA-28-140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Trail of 140 Tears LLC, an LLC in Bozeman, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 28, 2013 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 22, 1970.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-140 · all PA-28-140s 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
- 28-26935
- 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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1970
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- A361CE (octal 50660716)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 28, 2013
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 22, 1970
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00042595
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Trail of 140 Tears LLC
- 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
- C/O Larry Brown
50 Sundance Trl
Bozeman, MT 59718-6903
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N317LB links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,620 registered
- Piper 44,838 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Trail of 140 Tears LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Bozeman, MT 337 aircraft registered in this town
- Bozeman Yellowstone International · BZN
- Montana 6,042 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 O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N317LB, 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 Trail of 140 Tears LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 28, 2013, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 22, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-26935 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N317LB 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]
1 NTSB record under N317LB: Accident on August 14, 2020 at Harlowton, MT: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA28 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to follow the appropriate takeoff procedures, which resulted in a collision with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data