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A Piper PA-24 Comanche, the same model family as N73T
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N73T

Piper PA-24-260

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIndiana
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N73T is a Piper PA-24-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1971. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Lucid Thought Consulting LLC, an LLC in Terre Haute, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 27, 2011 and expires on June 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 22, 1985.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24-260 · all PA-24-260s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-24 Comanche 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
24-4991
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
Seats
4
Year built
1971
Cruising speed
135 mph
Transponder code
A9CA5B (octal 52345133)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
June 27, 2011
Expires
June 30, 2027
Last FAA action
January 22, 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 · October 22, 1985
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00670031

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lucid Thought Consulting LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
106 Country Club Rd
Terre Haute, IN 47803-1466

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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

1981-10-19Curry MIDGET MUSTANG · Valid registration

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Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N73T, 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 Lucid Thought Consulting LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 27, 2011, expires June 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

ATTENTIONAirworthiness certificate date

The airworthiness certificate on file is dated October 22, 1985, 14 years after the 1971 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]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-4991 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N73T was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Curry MIDGET MUSTANG (serial 473, cancelled October 19, 1981). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N73T: Accident on April 27, 2022 at Terre Haute, IN: 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

CEN22LA184Accident on April 27, 2022 at Terre Haute, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-260 · operated under 091

A hard landing, which resulted in the failure of the right main landing gear outer bearing and collapse of the landing gear.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data