Piper PA-28-181
N8068J is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Go Vertical Aviation LLC, an LLC in Russellville, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 14, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 22, 1981.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-8290084
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AAFBA0 (octal 52575640)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 14, 2023
- Expires
- April 30, 2030
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 22, 1981
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00100492
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Go Vertical Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 217 High St NW
Russellville, AL 35653-1819
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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 N8068J, 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 Go Vertical Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 14, 2023, expires April 30, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 22, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8290084 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8068J 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 N8068J: Accident on April 8, 2006 at Coalinga, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Incident on October 22, 1992 at Chicago, IL: no injuries. Accident on May 4, 1988 at Freeport, AO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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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-28-181 · operated under 091
the pilot's misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his inadequate recovery technique that led to a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX06CA272 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
THE FAILURE OF THE MIDWAY ARSA CONTROLLER TO COORDINATE USE OF THE AIRSPACE WITH THE CHICAGO NORTH LOCAL CONTROLLER WHICH RESULTED IN AN OPERATIONAL DEVIATION. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW HIS ASSIGNED HEADING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI93IA019 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadvertent encounter with adverse weather.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA88LA166 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