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N5836P

Piper PA-24-250

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTennessee

N5836P is a Piper PA-24-250, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Short Final LLC, an LLC in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 26, 2024 and expires on August 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 9, 1959.

Where is it now Last seen October 14 at 5:32 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24-250 · all PA-24-250s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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-24 Comanche 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
24-917
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 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1959
Cruising speed
135 mph
Transponder code
A78445 (octal 51702105)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
August 26, 2024
Expires
August 31, 2031
Last FAA action
August 26, 2024
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 · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 9, 1959
FAA region
CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00691695

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Short Final LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
640 W Burton St
Murfreesboro, TN 37130-3615

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N5836P links to the rest of the register

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N5836P, 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 Short Final LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 26, 2024, expires August 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 9, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-917 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N5836P 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

2 NTSB records under N5836P: Accident on December 19, 1998 at Clearwater, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 19, 1985 at Fellsmere, FL: serious 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 2

MIA99LA052Accident on December 19, 1998 at Clearwater, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-250 · operated under 091

The delay by the pilot-in-command (CFI) to take control of the airplane and inadvertent stall/mush resulting in the uncontrolled descent and impact with the runway.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

MIA85LA149Accident on April 19, 1985 at Fellsmere, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-250 · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data