Piper PA-28-161
N8394D is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Trident Aircraft INC, a corporation in Easton, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 9, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 10, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-8116238
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1981
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- AB7CB1 (octal 52676261)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 9, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · September 10, 1997
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00983141
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Trident Aircraft INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 9475 Jet Ln
Easton, MD 21601-7059
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N8394D, 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 Trident Aircraft INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 9, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 10, 1997, 16 years after the 1981 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8116238 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8394D according to the deregistered file. [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]
2 NTSB records under N8394D: Accident on June 29, 2026 at Easton, MD: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 18, 1990 at Pontiac, MI: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26LA262 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ATTACH BOLTS FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI90LA085 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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