Piper PA-11
N78659 is a Piper PA-11, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Lancaster, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 2019 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated August 12, 1955.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-11 · all PA-11s and related versions
- Serial number
- 11-1420
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C90 SERIES · 95 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 67 mph
- Transponder code
- AAA9F9 (octal 52524771)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 11, 2019
- Expires
- September 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · August 12, 1955
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00895030
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pearce David E JR
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1035 W Avenue H8
Lancaster, CA 93534-1435
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N78659, 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 Pearce David E JR, an individual, certificate issued September 11, 2019, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 11-1420 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N78659 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]
3 NTSB records under N78659: Accident on March 9, 2024 at Death Valley, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on July 27, 2010 at Ripon, WI: no injuries, minor damage. Accident on May 21, 1999 at Leesburg, VA: no 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.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-11 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout, resulting in a ground loop and runway excursion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR24LA107 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-11 · operated under 091
The inability of either pilot to see the other airplane due to the blind spot created by their respective airplane's wings.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN10IA447 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-11 · operated under 091
The pilot-in-command's (CFI) failure to maintain control of the airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC99LA117 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
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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