Piper PA-22
N8883C is a Piper PA-22, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1953. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Aleknagik, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 5, 2001 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate, dated June 14, 1956.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-22 · all PA-22s and related versions
- Serial number
- 22-1465
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-290 SERIES · 140 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1953
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- AC3E51 (octal 53037121)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 5, 2001
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 29, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · June 14, 1956
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00701791
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ball Travis W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 104
Aleknagik, AK 99555-0104
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.
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The public federal record on N8883C, 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 Ball Travis W, an individual, certificate issued November 5, 2001, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 14, 1956, 3 years after the 1953 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 22-1465 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8883C 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 N8883C: Accident on July 28, 2014 at Dillingham, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 16, 1999 at Dillingham, AK: no 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-22 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing due to his decision to attempt a landing with a quartering tailwind, which resulted in a ground loop and impact with the runway surface.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-20 · operated under 091
The inadequate preflight by the pilot, who left the rudder gust lock installed, making directional control not possible.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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