Piper PA-28-181
N5144X is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Skywest Leasing INC, a corporation in St George, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 30, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 7, 2001.
Where is it now Last seen today at 8:41 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s 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-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 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
- 2843430
- 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&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2001
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A67345 (octal 51471505)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 30, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- 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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 7, 2001
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00273804
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Skywest Leasing 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
- 444 S River Rd
St George, UT 84790-2085
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Connections how N5144X links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,620 registered
- Piper 44,838 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-360 / VO-360 series 11,931 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Skywest Leasing INC 112 aircraft in the fleet
- St George, UT 677 aircraft registered in this town
- St. George Regional · SGU
- Utah 8,350 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 90 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 3,269 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 697 supplemental type certificates
- Where N5144X is now · Last seen today at 8:41 pm.
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The public federal record on N5144X, 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 Skywest Leasing INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 30, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 7, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2843430 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N5144X was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Johnstone Douglas I RANS S-6ES COYOTE II (serial 1092365, cancelled August 20, 1996); Champion 7ECA (serial 670, cancelled May 9, 1988). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N5144X: Accident on April 22, 1996 at Bayou la Batre, AL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 25, 1987 at Rancho Calif, CA: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rans S6ES · operated under 091
the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions. The gusty/crosswind condition was a related factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Champion 7ECA · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data