Piper PA-17
N4814H is a Piper PA-17, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1948. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Pfc Aviation Repair INC, a corporation in Wallingford, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2024 and expires on July 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated February 7, 1958.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-17 · all PA-17s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper PA-17 Vagabond 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
- 17-112
- 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 · Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES · 65 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1948
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A5EF3C (octal 51367474)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 31, 2024
- Expires
- July 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- July 31, 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 · February 7, 1958
- FAA region
- New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00090215
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pfc Aviation Repair INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 144 N Branford Rd
Wallingford, CT 06492-2714
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4814H links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-17 Vagabond 97 registered
- Piper 44,838 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Continental A65 / C65 series 7,964 aircraft with this engine series · 65 hp
- Pfc Aviation Repair INC 4 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Wallingford, CT 23 aircraft registered in this town
- Connecticut 1,610 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-17 Vagabond 12 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-17 Vagabond 4 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-17 Vagabond 107 supplemental type certificates
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The public federal record on N4814H, 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 Pfc Aviation Repair INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 31, 2024, expires July 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 7, 1958, 10 years after the 1948 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 17-112 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4814H 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 N4814H: Accident on August 21, 2023 at Millbrook, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-17 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a ground loop.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 4, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 4, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data