Piper PA-28-235
N8683W is a Piper PA-28-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1964. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Mbp Aviation LLC, an LLC in Amarillo, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 21, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 27, 1963.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-235 · all PA-28-235s 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-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 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
- 28-10215
- 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 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1964
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- ABEF65 (octal 52767545)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 21, 2026
- Expires
- February 28, 2033
- Last FAA action
- February 21, 2026
- 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 · December 27, 1963
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00532321
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Mbp Aviation 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
- 5900 Sheridan St
Amarillo, TX 79119-1225
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8683W links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 18,623 registered
- Piper 44,842 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-540 series 5,245 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Mbp Aviation LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Amarillo, TX 337 aircraft registered in this town
- Rick Husband Amarillo International · AMA
- Buffalo Airport · 1E7
- Palo Duro Airport · 1E4
- River Falls Airport · H81
- 1 more landing places in town
- Texas 29,966 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 90 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 3,269 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 697 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540 series 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540 series 304 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8683W, 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 Mbp Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued February 21, 2026, expires February 28, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 27, 1963, consistent with the 1964 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-10215 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8683W 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 N8683W: Accident on May 9, 2014 at Brooksville, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-235 · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of directional control while landing at night, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with airport signage. Contributing to the accident was the total loss of electrical power, which necessitated the pilot having to land without the aid of the airplane’s landing lights and some of the available runway lighting.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 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 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data