Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181
N853ND is a Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 4 seats. It is registered to University Of North Dakota, a government body in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 2, 2020 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated July 9, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper Aircraft Inc
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2881369
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-360-B4A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2020
- Transponder code
- ABB3AD (octal 52731655)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 2, 2020
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · July 9, 2020
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 01318485
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- University Of North Dakota
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 3980 Campus Rd Stop 9007
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9007 - Co-owners
- C/O John D Odegard School Of Aerospace Sciences
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N853ND, 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 University Of North Dakota, a government body, certificate issued September 2, 2020, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated July 9, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2881369 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N853ND was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-44-180 (serial 4495007, cancelled February 20, 1997). 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]
2 NTSB records under N853ND: Accident on June 14, 1996 at Grand Forks, ND: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 22, 1994 at Thief Rvr Falls, MN: 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-44 · operated under 091
the instructor pilot used an improper procedure when he demonstrated a rejected takeoff and he misjudged the flare.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI96LA202 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-44 · operated under 091
the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during a simulated forced landing. A factor in the accident is the student pilot's improper landing flare.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI95LA043 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
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