Piper PA-23-160
N628AW is a Piper PA-23-160, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Hobart Aviation INC, a corporation in Akron, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 29, 2012 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 17, 1959.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-23-160 · all PA-23-160s and related versions
- Serial number
- 23-1790
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 150 mph
- Transponder code
- A8340A (octal 52032012)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 29, 2012
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- October 6, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 17, 1959
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00181974
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hobart Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1600 Triplett Blvd Bldg B
Akron, OH 44306-3308
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N628AW, 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 Hobart Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 29, 2012, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 17, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 23-1790 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N628AW was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Airbus Industrie A320-231 (serial 67, cancelled January 28, 2014). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N628AW: Accident on September 17, 1999 at Beatty, NV: serious injuries. Incident on February 16, 1999 at Columbus, OH: no injuries, minor 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Airbus Industrie A-320-231 · operated under 121
the failure of the injured passengers to remain seated with their seat belts fastened as directed by the captain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX99LA323 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Airbus Industrie A-320-231 · operated under 121
a failure of the external o-rings in the nose landing gear steering module.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC99IA062 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
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