Piper PA-32-260
N4878S is a Piper PA-32-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Garmin International INC, a corporation in Salem, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 18, 1998 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for research and development; operating kit-built aircraft, dated April 30, 2026.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-260 · all PA-32-260s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe 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-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 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
- 32-7100002
- 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 O-540-E4B5 · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1971
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- A6061B (octal 51403033)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 18, 1998
- Expires
- July 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 18, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Research and development; Operating kit-built aircraftFAA certificate purpose code 17 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 30, 2026
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00670425
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Garmin International 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
- 2345 Turner Rd SE
Salem, OR 97302-2059
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N4878S links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 3,916 registered
- Piper 44,840 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-540-E4B5 21 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Garmin International INC 16 aircraft in the fleet
- Salem, OR 254 aircraft registered in this town
- Mcnary Field · SLE
- Oregon 7,004 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 69 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 935 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 488 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540-E4B5 24 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540-E4B5 39 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N4878S, 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 Garmin International INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 18, 1998, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 30, 2026, 55 years after the 1971 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 32-7100002 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N4878S 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 N4878S: Accident on July 3, 1988 at Colorado Spring, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-260 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data