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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-24-260 · all PA-24-260s and related versions
- Serial number
- 24-4190
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-720 · 400 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 135 mph
- Transponder code
- AC051C (octal 53002434)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 14, 2020
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 8, 1965
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00512191
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cedar Mark P
- Type
- Individual
- 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.
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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]
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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24 · operated under 091
fracture of the fuel selector assembly which resulted in fuel starvation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI97LA105 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL91LA135 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
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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