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N7989P

Piper PA-24-250

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesColorado

N7989P is a Piper PA-24-250, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1962. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Englewood, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 21, 2020 and expires on November 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 24, 1962. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24-250 · all PA-24-250s 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
24-3227
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 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
1962
Cruising speed
135 mph
Transponder code
AAD95E (octal 52554536)

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 21, 2020
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 · April 24, 1962
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00605290

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Allen Rodney
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
11657 e Berry Dr
Englewood, CO 80111-4154

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Documents on file 1

2026-10-21Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Connections how N7989P links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Englewood, CO 150 aircraft registered in this town
  • Colorado 7,464 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

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The public federal record on N7989P, 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 Allen Rodney, an individual, certificate issued November 21, 2020, expires November 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 24, 1962, consistent with the 1962 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-3227 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N7989P according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 21, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N7989P. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [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.

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 November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data