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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N81171

N81171 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Young Thomas J PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER built in 1999. The FAA cancelled the registration on March 12, 2004. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.

Young Thomas J PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER cancelled March 12, 2004

Serial number
1
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1999
Last status
Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
Certificate issued
March 19, 1999
Last FAA action
March 19, 2002
Last owner
Young Thomas J (Individual)
Logansport, IN
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

Bell 206-L4 cancelled March 8, 1996

Serial number
52131
Type
Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
Year built
—
Last status
Valid registration
Exported to
Brazil
Certificate issued
May 26, 1995
Last FAA action
May 26, 1995
Last owner
Bell Helicopter Textron INC (Corporation)
Fort Worth, TX
Airworthiness
None on file

Mcclish FUNK B85C cancelled October 5, 1965

Serial number
301
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
—
Last status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 5, 1959
Last FAA action
—
Last owner
Hart Edwin Earl (Individual)
Sinton, TX
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N81171

CHI03LA241Accident on August 3, 2003 at Peru, IN: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Young Pietenpol Air Camper · serial 1

The pilot not maintaining altitude/clearance from the trees during the landing. A factor was the trees he impacted.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site