Piper PA-14
N4290H is a Piper PA-14, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 24, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated October 11, 1955.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-14 · all PA-14s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper PA-14 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
- 14-94
- 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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A51F6E (octal 51217556)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 24, 2025
- Expires
- September 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- September 24, 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 · October 11, 1955
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00201974
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Owen Toy C
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 7921 Ingram St
Anchorage, AK 99502-3922
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4290H links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-14 100 registered
- Piper 44,844 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,313 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Anchorage, AK 2,528 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Hood Airport · LHD
- Merrill Field · MRI
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International · ANC
- Bold Airport · A13
- 2 more landing places in town
- Alaska 9,141 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-14 12 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-14 5 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-14 233 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N4290H, 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 Owen Toy C, an individual, certificate issued September 24, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 14-94 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4290H 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]
2 NTSB records under N4290H: Accident on October 16, 1990 at Port Heiden, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 8, 1986 at Port Heiden, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-14 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE CROSSWIND, PILOT'S FAILURE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CROSSWIND, THE SOFT RUNWAY, AND LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN TYPE OF AIRCRAFT.
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-14 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data