Piper PA-28-161
N523PU is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1989. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Metro Aircraft CO, a corporation in Bloomington, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 7, 2002 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 4, 1989.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2841188
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1989
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A6956B (octal 51512553)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 7, 2002
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- February 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · August 4, 1989
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00804591
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Metro Aircraft CO
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1600 W 82Nd St Ste 100
Bloomington, MN 55431-1411
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N523PU, 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 Metro Aircraft CO, a corporation, certificate issued February 7, 2002, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate, dated August 4, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2841188 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N523PU 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]
3 NTSB records under N523PU: Accident on August 24, 2008 at New Ulm, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 6, 2001 at New Ulm, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 17, 1994 at W. Lafayette, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
The failure of airport personnel to correct a hazardous condition on the airport. A factor was the uncovered manhole.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI08CA265 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
The student and flight instructor not using all of the available runway, the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor and the unsuccessful remedial action by the flight instructor. The student not attaining the proper touchdown point and the plowed field were factors.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI02LA031 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER LEVEL-OFF AND RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S LACK OF TRAINING FOR RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDINGS AND/OR ABORTED TAKEOFFS.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI94LA335 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data