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N885JC

N885JC is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper AEROSTAR 601P built in 1980. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 11, 2012. The last status on file was "sale reported, pending cancellation".

Piper AEROSTAR 601P cancelled May 11, 2012

Serial number
61P08268163434
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1980
Last status
Sale reported, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
—
Last FAA action
May 20, 1998
Last owner
Sale Reported (Individual)
Brookline, MA
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal

NTSB accident and incident record under N885JC

NYC97FA080Accident on April 28, 1997 at Waterford, VA: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-60-601P · serial P08268163434

failure of the pilot to follow the published instrument (IFR) approach procedure, by failing to maintain the minimum altitude for that segment of the approach.

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site