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A Piper AEROSTAR 601, the same model family as N398MA
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 6, 2026
N398MA

Piper AEROSTAR 601P

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida
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N398MA is a Piper AEROSTAR 601P, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Mullens Aviation LLC, an LLC in Estero, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 8, 2024.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
AEROSTAR 601P · all AEROSTAR 601Ps 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. The Ted Smith Aerostar. This is how the Piper AEROSTAR 601 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
61P-0529-223
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 IO-540-S1A5 · 300 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
6
Year built
1978
Transponder code
A4A195 (octal 51120625)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 22, 2022
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 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 · March 8, 2024
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01280540

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Mullens Aviation 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
20580 Groveline Ct
Estero, FL 33928-3160

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

2016-02-24Cessna T210L · First notice for registration renewal
2000-03-23Eurocopter AS 350 BA · exported to Canada · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N398MA links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • Mullens Aviation LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
Place
  • Estero, FL 28 aircraft registered in this town
  • Florida 21,702 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N398MA, 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 Mullens Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 22, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 8, 2024, 46 years after the 1978 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 61P-0529-223 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N398MA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna T210L (serial 21061441, cancelled February 24, 2016); Eurocopter AS 350 BA (serial 1856, cancelled March 23, 2000). 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 N398MA: Accident on October 25, 2013 at Borger, TX: 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

CEN14LA031Accident on October 25, 2013 at Borger, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 21061441

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna T210L · operated under 091

The failure of the No. 4 connecting rod due to inadequate oil lubrication.

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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 November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data