Piper PA-28-161
N607FT is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Florida Institute Of Technology, a corporation in Melbourne, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 13, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 24, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-7916271
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A7E1CF (octal 51760717)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 13, 2023
- Expires
- October 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 24, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 24, 1979
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00571193
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Florida Institute Of Technology
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 150 W University Blvd
Melbourne, FL 32901-8995
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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 N607FT, 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 Florida Institute Of Technology, a corporation, certificate issued October 13, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 24, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7916271 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N607FT 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 N607FT: Accident on November 20, 2018 at Miami, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 19, 2004 at Valkaria, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 26, 1995 at Melbourne, FL: 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 PA28 · operated under 091
The student pilot's improper decision to taxi past another airplane occupying the taxiway and her subsequent failure to maintain clearance from the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA071 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
The inadvertent collision with a deer during takeoff which resulted in damage to the right brake system and the airplane being unable to stop prior to the end of the runway.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA05CA014 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE CROSSWIND.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA95LA235 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