Piper PA-32-300
N617ET is a Piper PA-32-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Apple Valley, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 24, 2017 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 2, 1967.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-300 · all PA-32-300s and related versions
- Serial number
- 32-40205
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- A80935 (octal 52004465)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 24, 2017
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 2, 1967
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00020051
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bunck Richard DBA
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 19277 Stoddard Wells Rd
Apple Valley, CA 92307-9201 - Co-owners
- Jhm Baptist
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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 N617ET, 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 Bunck Richard DBA, an individual, certificate issued October 24, 2017, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 2, 1967, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32-40205 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N617ET 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]
1 NTSB record under N617ET: Accident on November 17, 2024 at Pomona, CA: serious 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.
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-300 · operated under 091
On November 17, 2024, about 1110 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-32-300, N617ET, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Pomona, California. The pilot and two passengers sustained minor injuries. One passenger sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that he departed Apple Valley Airport (APV), Apple Valley, California, with an intended destination of Brackett Field Airport (POC), La Verne, California. When he was about 10 miles from POC, he contacted the POC Air Traf…
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- 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