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N885AC

Piper PA-28-181

Valid Kansas

N885AC is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2020. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Wingsleasing LLC, an LLC in Wichita, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 8, 2026 and expires on July 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 1, 2020.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
Serial number
2881396
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-360-A4M · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2020
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
AC306B (octal 53030153)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 8, 2026
Expires
July 31, 2033
Last FAA action
July 8, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal; Utility · September 1, 2020
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01323063

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Wingsleasing LLC
Type
LLC
Address
250 N Water St Ste 300
Wichita, KS 67202-1216

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2013-10-31American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N885AC, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Wingsleasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 8, 2026, expires July 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated September 1, 2020, consistent with the 2020 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2881396 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N885AC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC (serial 500-2007, cancelled October 31, 2013). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N885AC: Accident on February 22, 2021 at Fort Pierce, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 14, 2011 at Soda Springs, ID: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

ERA21LA139Accident on February 22, 2021 at Fort Pierce, FL: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091

The pilot under instruction’s improper landing flare and attempted go-around which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, and subsequent loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA139 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

WPR11LA137Accident on February 14, 2011 at Soda Springs, ID: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 500-2007

Aircraft on the NTSB record: American Champion Aircraft 8GCBC · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from power lines while maneuvering at a low altitude in a valley.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR11LA137 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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