Piper PA-28-181
N4177L is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Bird Acquisition LLC, an LLC in Phoenix, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 25, 2015 and expires on November 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 22, 1999.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s 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
- 2843210
- 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 0-360-A1D · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1999
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A4F179 (octal 51170571)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 25, 2015
- Expires
- November 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 30, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · January 22, 1999
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00743667
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bird Acquisition 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
- 530 W Deer Valley Rd Ste 100
Phoenix, AZ 85027-2143
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4177L links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,639 registered
- Piper 44,848 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360-A1D 1,057 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Bird Acquisition LLC 32 aircraft in the fleet
- Phoenix, AZ 993 aircraft registered in this town
- Mesa Gateway Airport · IWA
- Phoenix Deer Valley Airport · DVT
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International · PHX
- Arizona 8,422 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-360-A1D 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-360-A1D 82 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Frame, cracked · 2017-06-26
- Report filed on this aircraft: Door Frame, cracked · 2017-06-26
- Report filed on this aircraft: Channel, cracked · 2017-06-26
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The public federal record on N4177L, 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 Bird Acquisition LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 25, 2015, expires November 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 22, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2843210 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4177L 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 N4177L: Accident on August 19, 2009 at Mesa, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
The student pilot’s inadequate compensation for the crosswind condition and failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data