Piper PA-32-301
N428S is a Piper PA-32-301, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Griffing Flying Service INC, a corporation in Port Clinton, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 22, 2020 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 26, 1980.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Griffing Flying Service Inc, so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen today at 3:44 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-301 · all PA-32-301s 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-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 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
- 32-8106021
- 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 IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1980
- Transponder code
- A51AE7 (octal 51215347)
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, 2020
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- February 24, 2026
- 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 · November 26, 1980
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00043451
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Griffing Flying Service INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 3255 e State Rd
Port Clinton, OH 43452-2542
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.
Connections how N428S links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 3,916 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
- Griffing Flying Service Inc · charter operator
- Lycoming IO-540 series 4,222 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- Griffing Flying Service INC 8 aircraft in the fleet
- Port Clinton, OH 37 aircraft registered in this town
- Erie-Ottawa International · PCW
- Ohio 8,529 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 69 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 934 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 488 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540 series 49 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540 series 316 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Impulse Coupling, defective · 2016-04-11
- Where N428S is now · Last seen today at 3:44 pm.
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The public federal record on N428S, 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 Griffing Flying Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 22, 2020, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 26, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32-8106021 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N428S 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 N428S: Accident on December 27, 2012 at Middle Bass Island, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-301 · operated under 135
The pilot did not attain the proper touchdown point during landing, which resulted in impact with the edge of the runway surface.
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