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N4NW

Piper PA-22-160

Valid Alaska

N4NW is a Piper PA-22-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1960. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Dillingham, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 23, 2020 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 27, 1960.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-22-160 · all PA-22-160s and related versions
Serial number
22-7520
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1960
Cruising speed
94 mph
Transponder code
A4A930 (octal 51124460)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 23, 2020
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 27, 1960
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00720894

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Zink Matthew A
Type
Co-owned
Address
PO Box 1051
Dillingham, AK 99576-1051
Co-owners
Bennett Michael R

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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 N4NW, 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 Zink Matthew A, a co-owned, certificate issued June 23, 2020, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated May 27, 1960, consistent with the 1960 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 22-7520 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N4NW 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 N4NW: Accident on August 30, 2024 at Aleknagik, AK: 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

ANC24LA083Accident on August 30, 2024 at Aleknagik, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA22 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at low altitude.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC24LA083 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