Piper PA-28-161
N8249B is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Canyon Country, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 2, 2023 and expires on October 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 31, 1980.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-8116008
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- AB434C (octal 52641514)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 2, 2023
- Expires
- October 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 2, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · July 31, 1980
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00763621
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Escobar Alfredo
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 16412 Lost Canyon Rd
Canyon Country, CA 91387-2120
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N8249B, 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 Escobar Alfredo, an individual, certificate issued October 2, 2023, expires October 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8116008 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8249B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 172 (serial 36049, cancelled October 14, 1971). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
1 NTSB record under N8249B: Accident on July 18, 2026 at San Bernardino, 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-28-161 · operated under 091
On July 18, 2026, about 1530 Pacific daylight time, a Piper PA-28-161, N8249B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near San Bernardino, California. The pilot and pilot rated passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that while taxiing to the run-up area in preparation for takeoff at San Bernardino International Airport (SBD), San Bernadino, California, the airplane’s right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing impacted the taxiway surface. Postaccident examin…
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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