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N8262S

Piper PA-28-181

Valid Wisconsin

N8262S 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 Wisconsin Aviation - Four Lakes INC, a corporation in Madison, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 15, 2005 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 31, 1980.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
Serial number
28-8190035
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
AB49D4 (octal 52644724)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 15, 2005
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · October 31, 1980
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00603571

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wisconsin Aviation - Four Lakes INC
Type
Corporation
Address
3606 Corben Ct
Madison, WI 53704-2573

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 2

1968-03-12Cessna 150 · Valid registration
1965-09-17Cessna 150F · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N8262S, 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 Wisconsin Aviation - Four Lakes INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 15, 2005, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated October 31, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8190035 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8262S was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 150 (serial 15061926, cancelled March 12, 1968); Cessna 150F (serial 15061862, cancelled September 17, 1965). 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 N8262S: Accident on August 17, 1999 at Tooele, UT: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 20, 1993 at Provo, UT: no 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

DEN99LA150Accident on August 17, 1999 at Tooele, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091

An inadequate flare during landing touchdown, resulting in a fracture of the right main landing gear strut. A factor was the flight instructor's failure to properly supervise the student.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN99LA150 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

SEA93LA136Accident on June 20, 1993 at Provo, UT: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091

THE WILD ANIMALS ON THE RUNWAY. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DARK NIGHT LIGHT CONDITIONS.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA93LA136 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