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A Piper PA-24 Comanche, the same model family as N800BY
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026
N800BY

Piper PA-24

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNew York
Records check, free: 2 to understand, 2 clearWhere is it now

N800BY is a Piper PA-24, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Vectored Coverage LLC, an LLC in Stony Brook, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 16, 2026 and expires on September 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 14, 1962.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24 · all PA-24s 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
24-3161
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 O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
120 mph
Transponder code
AAE20D (octal 52561015)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 16, 2026
Expires
September 30, 2033
Last FAA action
September 16, 2026
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 · March 14, 1962
FAA region
EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00965160

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Vectored Coverage 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
129A Main St
Stony Brook, NY 11790-1911

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.

Earlier use of this number 1

2013-01-11Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 · Sale reported

Connections how N800BY links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
Place
  • Stony Brook, NY 6 aircraft registered in this town
  • New York 6,660 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N800BY, 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 Vectored Coverage LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 16, 2026, expires September 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-3161 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N800BY was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 (serial 221, cancelled January 11, 2013). 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 N800BY: Accident on December 29, 2011 at Picayune, MS: 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

ERA12CA128Accident on December 29, 2011 at Picayune, MS: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 221

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 · operated under 091

The pilot's excessive rate of descent during the landing flare/touchdown, which resulted in a hard landing.

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 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data