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N4359C

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Georgia

N4359C is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Peachtree City, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 11, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
Serial number
28-8416088
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
A53947 (octal 51234507)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 11, 2023
Expires
May 31, 2030
Last FAA action
June 6, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00002234

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Kevin Lee
Type
Individual
Address
208 Briarleigh Dr
Peachtree City, GA 30269-1066

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 1

1965-05-22Champion 7EC · Valid registration

Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N4359C, 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 Smith Kevin Lee, an individual, certificate issued May 11, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate

No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8416088 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N4359C was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Champion 7EC (serial 7EC-382, cancelled May 22, 1965). 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

2 NTSB records under N4359C: Accident on June 30, 1994 at San Carlos, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 19, 1989 at Hayward, CA: 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 2

LAX94LA270Accident on June 30, 1994 at San Carlos, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091

the student pilot's attempt to exit the runway at an excessive taxi speed which resulted in his loss of control.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX94LA270 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

LAX90LA038Accident on November 19, 1989 at Hayward, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091

INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL. COLLISION WITH A VEHICLE IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA CONTRIBUTED TO THE DAMAGE AND INJURIES.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX90LA038 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data