Piper PA-28-235
N9143W is a Piper PA-28-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1966. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 22, 1966.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-235 · all PA-28-235s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-10764
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1966
- Cruising speed
- 107 mph
- Transponder code
- ACA85D (octal 53124135)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 15, 2025
- Expires
- September 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- September 15, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 22, 1966
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00820991
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Lara Anthony Michael Thomas
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 14 Taos Pl
Manitou Springs, CO 80829-2588
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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 N9143W, 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 Lara Anthony Michael Thomas, an individual, certificate issued September 15, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 22, 1966, consistent with the 1966 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-10764 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9143W 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]
1 NTSB record under N9143W: Accident on November 11, 2025 at Castle Rock, CO: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-235 · operated under 091
On November 10, 2025, about 1815 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28-235 airplane, N9143W, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Castle Rock, Colorado. The pilot and one passenger reported no injuries. A second passenger reported minor injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that, while in cruise flight, he observed a slight decrease in engine speed. He immediately applied carburetor heat. However, about two minutes later, the engine lost all power. The pilot’s efforts to resto…
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