P&M Aviation Ltd QUIKR
N428PM is a P&M Aviation Ltd QUIKR, a weight-shift aircraft with a four-stroke engine, built in 2009. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hickory, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 6, 2019 and expires on February 28, 2029. It holds a light sport airworthiness certificate for weight-shift control, dated May 15, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- P&M Aviation Ltd
- Model
- QUIKR
- Serial number
- 8428
- Type
- Weight-shift control
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Rotax 912ULS SERIES · 100 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A51AA8 (octal 51215250)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 6, 2019
- Expires
- February 28, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Light sport · Weight-shift control · May 15, 2009
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01026570
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Banks Gerald L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 631 Players Ridge Rd
Hickory, NC 28601-8843
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N428PM, 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 Banks Gerald L, an individual, certificate issued February 6, 2019, expires February 28, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Light sport certificate for weight-shift control, dated May 15, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 8428 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N428PM 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 N428PM: Accident on May 22, 2014 at Gulf Shores, AL: serious injuries, minor damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: P&M Aviation LTD QUIKR · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control during engine startup, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to follow engine startup procedures and a sudden surge of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions.
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data