Piper PA-28-180
N454MD is a Piper PA-28-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bulverde, Texas. The FAA lists the registration as "registration pending". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 22, 1966.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-180 · all PA-28-180s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-3125
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- A5820F (octal 51301017)
Registration
- Status
- Registration pending
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- August 12, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 22, 1966
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00802854
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Registration Pending
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 29890 Bulverde Ln Ste 27
Bulverde, TX 78163
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N454MD, 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.
Registration status is "Registration pending". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 22, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-3125 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N454MD 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 N454MD: Accident on July 20, 2026 at Bulverde, TX: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-180 · operated under 091
On July 20, 2026, about 1340 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-180, N454MD was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Bulberde, Texas. The flight instructor and student pilot received minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 instructional flight. The flight instructor reported that they had been performing takeoff and landing practice and had accomplished three successful takeoffs and landings. On the forth takeoff, when the airplane was 50 to 60 ft above the ground, the engine stopped producing power. A forced…
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- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data