Piper PA-30
N8693Y is a Piper PA-30, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Peregrine Aviation LLC, an LLC in Winfield, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 2013 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 18, 1969.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-30 · all PA-30s and related versions
- Serial number
- 30-1839
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming IO-320 SERIES · 150 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1969
- Cruising speed
- 139 mph
- Transponder code
- ABF31E (octal 52771436)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 6, 2013
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 18, 1969
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00652311
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Peregrine Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 27W105 Walnut Dr
Winfield, IL 60190-2051
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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 N8693Y, 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 Peregrine Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 6, 2013, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 18, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 30-1839 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8693Y 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 N8693Y: Accident on December 17, 2025 at West Chicago, IL: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-30 · operated under 091
On December 17, 2025, about 1349 central standard time, a Piper PA-30 airplane, N8693Y, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near West Chicago, Illinois. The pilot and pilot-rated passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Airport surveillance video captured the airplane during takeoff. In the video, the airplane appeared to drift to the right of the runway centerline during the initial climb and reached a maximum height of about 75 ft above ground level. The airplane appeared to maintain…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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