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N44704

Piper PA-28-151

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N44704 is a Piper PA-28-151, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 4 seats. It is registered to West Tampa Bay Flyers LLC, an LLC in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 30, 1974. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Where is it now Last seen October 9 at 1:45 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-151 · all PA-28-151s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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
28-7515008
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
1974
Cruising speed
80 mph
Transponder code
A56713 (octal 51263423)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 13, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 13, 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 30, 1974
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00472584

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
West Tampa Bay Flyers LLC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
958 Bayshore Dr
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689-2411

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 1

2026-10-09Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Connections how N44704 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Tarpon Springs, FL 38 aircraft registered in this town
  • Florida 21,712 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N44704, 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 West Tampa Bay Flyers LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 13, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated August 30, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7515008 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N44704 according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 9, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N44704: Accident on July 24, 2026 at Palmetto, FL: 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

ERA26LA284Accident on July 24, 2026 at Palmetto, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA28 · operated under 091

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain clearance from obstacles during low altitude maneuvering, which resulted in a collision with a fence.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data