Piper PA-25-235
N386AB is a Piper PA-25-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Plane and Simple Leasing LLC, an LLC in Delano, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 24, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 31, 2014.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-25-235 · all PA-25-235s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. A crop sprayer; the fabric covering is easy to repair in the field. This is how the Piper PA-25 Pawnee 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
- 25-3790
- 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 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 93 mph
- Transponder code
- A47196 (octal 51070626)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 24, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2025
- 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 · December 31, 2014
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00893307
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Plane and Simple Leasing 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
- 3995 Eckert Ave SE
Delano, MN 55328-5233
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N386AB links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-25 Pawnee 455 registered
- Piper 44,847 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-540 series 5,245 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Plane And Simple Leasing LLC 6 aircraft in the fleet
- Delano, MN 24 aircraft registered in this town
- Minnesota 6,933 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-25 Pawnee 24 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-25 Pawnee 67 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-25 Pawnee 188 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540 series 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540 series 304 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N386AB, 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 Plane and Simple Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 24, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 31, 2014, 48 years after the 1966 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25-3790 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N386AB 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 N386AB: Accident on July 4, 2026 at Forest Lake, MN: 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-25-235 · operated under 091
On July 4, 2026, about 0942 central daylight time, a Piper PA-25-235 airplane, N386AB, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Forest Lake, Minnesota. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 91 banner tow flight. The pilot reported that he completed a normal preflight inspection and engine runup. After a successful banner hook, the airplane struggled to climb. The pilot increased the throttle and fuel mixture to full, but the airplane could not maintain level flight. The pilot jettisoned the banner, and the …
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data