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N721SM

Piper PA-28-181

Valid Illinois

N721SM is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Blue Skies Flying Services INC, a corporation in Lake In The Hills, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 9, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 31, 2000.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
Serial number
2843337
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2000
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A9A8DF (octal 52324337)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
April 9, 2012
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
April 9, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 31, 2000
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00435650

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Blue Skies Flying Services INC
Type
Corporation
Address
8411 Pyott Rd
Lake In The Hills, IL 60156-6516

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N721SM, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Blue Skies Flying Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued April 9, 2012, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 31, 2000, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2843337 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N721SM according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N721SM: Accident on June 15, 2012 at Sheboygan, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

CEN12CA380Accident on June 15, 2012 at Sheboygan, WI: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12CA380 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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