Piper PA-28-140
N8421R is a Piper PA-28-140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Zionsville, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 6, 2014 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated November 9, 1966.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-140 · all PA-28-140s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-22298
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- AB89D2 (octal 52704722)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 6, 2014
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · November 9, 1966
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00203081
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Roberts Darren C
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 6532 Hunters Rdg N
Zionsville, IN 46077-9198
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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 N8421R, 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 Roberts Darren C, an individual, certificate issued January 6, 2014, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated November 9, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-22298 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8421R 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]
1 NTSB record under N8421R: Accident on March 20, 2012 at Indianapolis, IN: 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-28-140 · operated under 091
The student pilot did not maintain directional control while practicing a soft-field takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN12LA195 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