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N43779

Piper PA-28-181

Valid Arizona

N43779 is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Chandler Air Service INC, a corporation in Chandler, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 28, 2015 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 15, 1977.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
Serial number
28-7890014
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1977
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A5408E (octal 51240216)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 28, 2015
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 5, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · August 15, 1977
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00862284

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chandler Air Service INC
Type
Corporation
Address
1675 E Ryan Rd
Chandler, AZ 85286-1731

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N43779, 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 Chandler Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 28, 2015, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 15, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7890014 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N43779 according to the deregistered file. [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

1 NTSB record under N43779: Accident on September 20, 2004 at Seattle, WA: 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 1

SEA04LA195Accident on September 20, 2004 at Seattle, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091

The failure of the pilot to maintain clearance with the parked airplane while taxiing. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA04LA195 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