N8685C is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-32R-300 built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on July 8, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Piper PA-32R-300 cancelled July 8, 2013
- Serial number
- 32R-7680133
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 25, 1994
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2003
- Last owner
- Affordable Leasing INC (Corporation)
Lakeville, MI - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Piper PA-22 cancelled December 17, 1954
- Serial number
- 22-1344
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 21, 1953
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Billings L K (Individual)
Kokomo, IN - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8685C
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · serial 32R-7680133
VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, AND EXCEEDING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF INSTRUMENT EXPERIENCE.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site