Piper PA-28-160
N5855W is a Piper PA-28-160, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in West Point, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 12, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 6, 1965. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-160 · all PA-28-160s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-2358
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- A78B97 (octal 51705627)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 12, 2023
- Expires
- July 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- August 8, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 6, 1965
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00561735
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Zachry David
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 212 Teel Rd
West Point, GA 31833-6124
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 1
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The public federal record on N5855W, 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 Zachry David, an individual, certificate issued July 12, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 6, 1965, consistent with the 1965 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-2358 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N5855W according to the deregistered file. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 3, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N5855W: Accident on April 24, 1994 at New Carlisle, OH: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-160 · operated under 091
The pilot's inattention to the mixture control which was inadvertently placed in the idle cut-off position by the passenger and resulted in a loss of engine power. A factor is the pilot's inadequate planning.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO94LA076 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