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N8194J

Piper PA-28-161

Valid Maryland

N8194J is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1982. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Tipton Aero Shares LLC, an LLC in Fort Meade, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 8, 2024 and expires on February 28, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated March 24, 1982. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
Serial number
28-8216142
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1982
Cruising speed
108 mph
Transponder code
AB2DB8 (octal 52626670)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 8, 2024
Expires
February 28, 2031
Last FAA action
February 8, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · March 24, 1982
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00570962

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tipton Aero Shares LLC
Type
LLC
Address
7509 General Aviation Dr Ste 107
Fort Meade, MD 20755-1804

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Documents on file 1

2026-09-14Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

1972-03-29Bell 205A-1 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N8194J, 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 Tipton Aero Shares LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 8, 2024, expires February 28, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated March 24, 1982, consistent with the 1982 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8216142 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8194J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bell 205A-1 (serial 30095, cancelled March 29, 1972). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 14, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N8194J. 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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data