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N4689Z

Piper PA-22-108

Valid Maryland

N4689Z is a Piper PA-22-108, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1961. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Leonardtown, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 31, 2023 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 27, 1961.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-22-108 · all PA-22-108s and related versions
Serial number
22-8227
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1961
Cruising speed
94 mph
Transponder code
A5BAFE (octal 51335376)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 31, 2023
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
February 8, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · February 27, 1961
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00553354

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Davis James J
Type
Individual
Address
20832 Waterside Dr
Leonardtown, MD 20650-4421

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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 N4689Z, 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 Davis James J, an individual, certificate issued January 31, 2023, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated February 27, 1961, consistent with the 1961 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 22-8227 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4689Z 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 N4689Z: Accident on August 6, 2000 at Duchesne, UT: 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

DEN00LA145Accident on August 6, 2000 at Duchesne, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-22-108 · operated under 091

The pilot's use of excessive braking on soft terrain. Factors included fuel starvation, the fuel selector valve not engaging properly, the pilot's incorrect positioning of the fuel selector valve, and the soft terrain on which the forced landing was made.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN00LA145 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