Piper PA-28-181
N8150J is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Vandelay Aviation LLC, an LLC in San Diego, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 25, 1980. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-8090229
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1980
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- AB1E50 (octal 52617120)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 11, 2024
- Expires
- September 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- September 11, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 25, 1980
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00950142
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Vandelay Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 7153 Celome Way
San Diego, CA 92129-4546
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Documents on file 1
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8150J, 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 Vandelay Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 11, 2024, expires September 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 25, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8090229 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8150J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 206A (serial 538, cancelled May 12, 1970). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 29, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N8150J: Accident on August 17, 2025 at San Diego, CA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
On August 16, 2025, about 1737 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28-181, N8150J, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near San Diego, California. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he and a passenger had planned a local personal flight and departed Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF), San Diego, California, with full fuel. The airplane flew north along the coastline and about 15 minutes into the flight, the pilot switched fuel tanks. He did …
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- 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