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A Piper PA-44 Seminole, the same model family as N39669
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N39669

Piper PA-44-180

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOregon
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N39669 is a Piper PA-44-180, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Lane Community College, a government body in Eugene, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 25, 2003 and expires on October 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 7, 1978.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-44-180 · all PA-44-180s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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-44 Seminole 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
44-7995021
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1978
Transponder code
A49C5F (octal 51116137)

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 25, 2003
Expires
October 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 9, 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 · September 7, 1978
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00170744

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lane Community College (university or college with a flight programme: its whole fleet and safety record)
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
28715 Airport Rd
Eugene, OR 97402-9521
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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

1965-05-20Howard Aircraft DGA-18K · Valid registration

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The public federal record on N39669, 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 Lane Community College, a government body, certificate issued March 25, 2003, expires October 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 7, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 44-7995021 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N39669 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Howard Aircraft DGA-18K (serial 669, cancelled May 20, 1965). 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

1 NTSB record under N39669: Accident on April 26, 1982 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 1

FTW82DA154Accident on April 26, 1982 at Albuquerque, NM: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 447995021

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-44-180 · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data