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N824CB

Piper PA-31T1

N824CB is a Piper PA-31T1, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1981. It has 7 seats. It is registered to an individual in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 9, 2020 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 9, 1981.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-31T1 · all PA-31T1s and related versions
Serial number
31T-8104052
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turboprop, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-60A · 1050 hp
Seats
7
Year built
1981
Transponder code
AB3FEB (octal 52637753)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 9, 2020
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · December 9, 1981
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00013412

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Helfrick Edward W JR
Type
Individual
Address
459 Yucha Rd
Elysburg, PA 17824-7091

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

—Beachner-Chris QUICK SILVER · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N824CB, 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 Helfrick Edward W JR, an individual, certificate issued January 9, 2020, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated December 9, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31T-8104052 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N824CB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beachner-Chris QUICK SILVER (serial 824491, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N824CB: Accident on August 7, 1985 at Vancouver, WA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on January 19, 1982 at Kingman, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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.

NTSB records 2

SEA85FA190Accident on August 7, 1985 at Vancouver, WA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 8-24-49-1

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beachner QUICK SILVER · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA85FA190 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

LAX82FUJ26Accident on January 19, 1982 at Kingman, AZ: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 824491

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beachner QUICK SILVER · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX82FUJ26 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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