Piper PA-24-250
N7985P is a Piper PA-24-250, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 15, 2020 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 25, 1962.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-24-250 · all PA-24-250s and related versions
- Serial number
- 24-3223
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 135 mph
- Transponder code
- AAD8D2 (octal 52554322)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 15, 2020
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 25, 1962
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00775290
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Scarpelli Kenneth R
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9302 W Maple St
Wichita, KS 67209-1424
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N7985P, 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 Scarpelli Kenneth R, an individual, certificate issued July 15, 2020, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-3223 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N7985P 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 N7985P: Accident on July 4, 2015 at Newton, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 19, 1991 at Arco, ID: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 24-250 · operated under 091
The failure of the right main landing gear down-lock micro switch, which resulted in a landing gear collapse during landing, and the pilot/owner's unfamiliarity with the emergency landing gear extension procedure. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's lack of experience in this make and model airplane and unfamiliarity with the emergency landing gear extension procedure.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA15CA178 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-250 · operated under 091
WATER IN THE FUEL TANK AND THE INABILITY OF THE PILOT TO FLARE FOR LANDING AFTER MANEUVERING TO AVOID TRANSMISSION LINES IN HIS FLIGHT PATH DURING THE FORCED LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA91LA247 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