Piper PA-28-235
N43DN is a Piper PA-28-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Baltimore, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 4, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 28, 1972.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-235 · all PA-28-235s 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-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 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
- 28-7310036
- 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 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1972
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- A5211D (octal 51220435)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- January 4, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 4, 2024
- 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 · October 28, 1972
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00231860
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Murphy John R
- 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
- 5647 Belle Grove Rd
Baltimore, MD 21225-3369
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N43DN links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,635 registered
- Piper 44,844 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-540 series 5,245 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Baltimore, MD 89 aircraft registered in this town
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall · BWI
- Martin State Airport · MTN
- Essex Skypark Airport · W48
- Pier 7 Heliport · 4MD
- Maryland 2,346 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 90 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 3,269 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 697 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540 series 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540 series 304 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N43DN, 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 Murphy John R, an individual, certificate issued January 4, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 28, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7310036 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N43DN 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 N43DN: Accident on February 26, 2025 at Manchester, VT: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-235 · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper decision to continue the visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the accumulation of airframe icing and a subsequent aerodynamic stall/spin.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 27, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 27, 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 27, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data