Piper PA-32-301
N8385S is a Piper PA-32-301, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 7 seats. It is registered to N8385S LLC, an LLC in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 6, 2013 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 24, 1981.
Where is it now Last seen Monday at 4:58 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-301 · all PA-32-301s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 32-8106065
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1981
- Transponder code
- AB792A (octal 52674452)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- November 6, 2013
- Expires
- November 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 24, 1981
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00983171
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- N8385S LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1460 Abbas Ave
Lancaster, PA 17602-4059
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
Connections how N8385S links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 3,916 registered
- Piper 44,837 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-540 series 4,222 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
- N8385S LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Lancaster, PA 60 aircraft registered in this town
- Lancaster Airport · LNS
- Pennsylvania 6,193 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 69 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 934 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six, Lance and Saratoga 488 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540 series 49 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540 series 316 reports since 1995
- Where N8385S is now · Last seen Monday at 4:58 pm.
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The public federal record on N8385S, 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 N8385S LLC, an LLC, certificate issued November 6, 2013, expires November 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 24, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32-8106065 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8385S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 182H (serial 18256485, cancelled September 17, 1965). 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]
3 NTSB records under N8385S: Accident on January 27, 2013 at Lancaster, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on January 24, 1991 at Celina, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on August 31, 1985 at Fredericktown, MO: 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.
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-301 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a parked vehicle while taxiing from landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-301 · operated under 091
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER USE OF THE POWERPLANT CONTROLS, MAGNETOS AND BRAKES.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-301 · operated under 091
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data