Piper PA-24-260
N8739P is a Piper PA-24-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1965. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cherokee, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 14, 2020 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 8, 1965.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-24-260 · all PA-24-260s 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-24 Comanche 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
- 24-4190
- 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 IO-720 · 400 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 135 mph
- Transponder code
- AC051C (octal 53002434)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 14, 2020
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- 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 · March 8, 1965
- FAA region
- CentralFAA region code 3 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00512191
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cedar Mark P
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 1770 Highway 977
Cherokee, IA 51012-7212
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8739P links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-24 Comanche 2,428 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 IO-720 120 aircraft with this engine series · 400 hp
- Cherokee, IA 19 aircraft registered in this town
- Cherokee County Regional · CKP
- Iowa 4,514 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-24 Comanche 51 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-24 Comanche 246 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-24 Comanche 484 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-720 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-720 36 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N8739P, 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 Cedar Mark P, an individual, certificate issued August 14, 2020, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 8, 1965, consistent with the 1965 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-4190 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8739P 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]
2 NTSB records under N8739P: Accident on April 12, 1997 at Elk Falls, KS: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 16, 1991 at Springfield, TN: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24 · operated under 091
fracture of the fuel selector assembly which resulted in fuel starvation.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-260 · operated under 091
THE PA-24 PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER AIRSPEED WHILE EXECUTING A GO-AROUND, RESULTING IN THE STALLING OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PA-24 PILOT'S FAILURE TO VISUALLY DETECT THE J-3 IN A TIMELY MANNER.
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