Piper PA-25-235
N86AB is a Piper PA-25-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Air Sailing INC, a corporation in Reno, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 9, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for aerial advertising, dated May 31, 2002.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-25-235 · all PA-25-235s and related versions
- Serial number
- 25-3409
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 1
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 93 mph
- Transponder code
- ABCC80 (octal 52746200)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 9, 2024
- Expires
- October 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- August 6, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Restricted · Aerial advertising · May 31, 2002
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00212477
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Air Sailing INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 640 Meadowgate Ct
Reno, NV 89519-7934
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N86AB, 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 Air Sailing INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 9, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated May 31, 2002, 37 years after the 1965 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 25-3409 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N86AB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Bomberger Arthur L RV-4 (serial 906, cancelled January 5, 1989). 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]
3 NTSB records under N86AB: Accident on March 18, 2013 at Panama City, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 18, 2005 at Opa-Locka, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 30, 1986 at Friedens, PA: serious injuries, destroyed. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-25-235 · operated under 091
A loss of preload to the crankshaft gear attachment bolt, resulting in rotation of the crankshaft gear and a subsequent total loss of engine power. The root cause for the loss of preload could not be determined during a postaccident examination of the components.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA13LA174 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-25-235 · operated under 091
The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain airspeed following a reported loss of engine power, resulting in a stall/mush, uncontrolled descent, and in-flight collision with terrain. Factors in the accident were the pilot's intentional operation of the airplane with known deficiencies (inoperative No. 3 banner release), and inadequate installation of the banner tow-release hook assembly by company maintenance personnel.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA06LA033 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bomberger VANS RV-4 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC86FGM05 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