Piper PA-24-260
N9231P is a Piper PA-24-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1967. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Seaton Flying Services INC, a corporation in Salado, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 5, 2025 and expires on August 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 31, 1967.
Where is it now Last seen Wednesday at 6:04 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-24-260 · all PA-24-260s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-24 Comanche family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 24-4729
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1967
- Cruising speed
- 135 mph
- Transponder code
- ACCBD8 (octal 53145730)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 5, 2025
- Expires
- August 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- August 5, 2025
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · October 31, 1967
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00560751
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Seaton Flying Services INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 271
Salado, TX 76571-0271
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9231P links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-24 Comanche 2,428 registered
- Piper 44,844 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming TIO-540 series 5,073 aircraft with this engine series · 310 hp
- Seaton Flying Services INC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Salado, TX 20 aircraft registered in this town
- Salado Airport · 2TX
- Texas 29,943 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-24 Comanche 51 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-24 Comanche 246 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-24 Comanche 484 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming TIO-540 series 41 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming TIO-540 series 363 reports since 1995
- Where N9231P is now · Last seen Wednesday at 6:04 pm.
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The public federal record on N9231P, 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 Seaton Flying Services INC, a corporation, certificate issued August 5, 2025, expires August 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 31, 1967, consistent with the 1967 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-4729 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9231P 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 N9231P: Accident on May 8, 2010 at Carrollton, GA: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-260B · operated under 091
The pilot's improper touchdown point during landing. Contributing to the accident was the certificated flight instructor's lack of remedial action.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data