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N4870T

Piper PA-32-260

Valid Maryland

N4870T is a Piper PA-32-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1972. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Phoenix, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 22, 1995 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 17, 1972.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-32-260 · all PA-32-260s and related versions
Serial number
32-7200026
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
6
Year built
1972
Cruising speed
126 mph
Transponder code
A60504 (octal 51402404)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 22, 1995
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · March 17, 1972
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00430405

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bailey Charles G
Type
Individual
Address
3214 Paper Mill Rd
Phoenix, MD 21131

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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 N4870T, 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 Bailey Charles G, an individual, certificate issued March 22, 1995, expires December 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated March 17, 1972, consistent with the 1972 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32-7200026 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4870T 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 N4870T: Accident on March 18, 1991 at Roanoke, VA: 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

BFO91LA032Accident on March 18, 1991 at Roanoke, VA: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA32-260 · operated under 091

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN TERRAIN CLEARANCE ON A NIGHT VISUAL APPROACH.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO91LA032 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