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N9085J

Piper PA-28-180

N9085J is a Piper PA-28-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Oceanside, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 30, 2022 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 21, 1966.

Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-180 · all PA-28-180s and related versions
Serial number
28-3122
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
1966
Cruising speed
107 mph
Transponder code
AC8FF4 (octal 53107764)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 30, 2022
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · February 21, 1966
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
00891181

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Bligh Michelle C
Type
Co-owned
Address
721 N Freeman St
Oceanside, CA 92054-2115
Co-owners
Uhren Christopher

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Documents on file 0

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

Records check free · 1 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N9085J, 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 Bligh Michelle C, a co-owned, certificate issued July 30, 2022, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 21, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-3122 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N9085J according to the deregistered file. [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

1 NTSB record under N9085J: Accident on September 26, 1998 at Merced, CA: no 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 1

LAX98LA307Accident on September 26, 1998 at Merced, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 283122

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-180 · operated under 091

The pilot's improper flare and his failure to adequately compensate for the existing crosswind conditions and maintain airplane control during landing.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 September 30, 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