Piper PA-20
N7074K is a Piper PA-20, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1951. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 29, 2017 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 24, 1980.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-20 · all PA-20s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper PA-20 Pacer 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
- 20-181
- 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 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1951
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A9717D (octal 52270575)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 29, 2017
- Expires
- November 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- April 1, 2023
- 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 · September 24, 1980
- FAA region
- AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00070857
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mayo Jesse J
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 5181 Murphy Dome Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709-5936
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N7074K links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-20 Pacer 323 registered
- Piper 44,842 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,303 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Fairbanks, AK 842 aircraft registered in this town
- Fairbanks International · FAI
- Gold King Creek Airport · AK7
- Chena River Seaplane Base · 2Z5
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-20 Pacer 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-20 Pacer 11 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-20 Pacer 316 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N7074K, 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 Mayo Jesse J, an individual, certificate issued November 29, 2017, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 24, 1980, 29 years after the 1951 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 20-181 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7074K 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]
2 NTSB records under N7074K: Accident on March 25, 2022 at Chitina, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 29, 1988 at Medfra, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-20 · operated under 091
The pilot’s exceedance of the wing’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in a stall and impact with terrain.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-20 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data