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N5544F

Piper PA-32R-300

Valid Alaska

N5544F is a Piper PA-32R-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 7 seats. It is registered to an individual in Bethel, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 18, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 18, 1976.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-32R-300 · all PA-32R-300s and related versions
Serial number
32R-7780014
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D · 300 hp
Seats
7
Year built
1976
Cruising speed
126 mph
Transponder code
A71131 (octal 51610461)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 18, 2018
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · October 18, 1976
FAA region
Alaskan
FAA record id
00143515

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Renfro Michael W
Type
Individual
Address
PO Box 872
Bethel, AK 99559-0872

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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 1

1968-10-22Piper PA-28 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N5544F, 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 Renfro Michael W, an individual, certificate issued September 18, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated October 18, 1976, consistent with the 1976 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32R-7780014 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5544F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28 (serial 28-24943, cancelled October 22, 1968). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N5544F: Accident on March 21, 2019 at Atmautluak, 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

GAA19CA174Accident on March 21, 2019 at Atmautluak, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA32R · operated under 135

The airplane's encounter with a snow-covered pothole during taxi.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA174 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