Piper PA-28-181
N92505 is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1994. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Thunderbird Aviation INC, a corporation in Bloomington, Minnesota. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 25, 1999 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 17, 1994.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2890211
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1994
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- ACD333 (octal 53151463)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 25, 1999
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · October 17, 1994
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00245152
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Thunderbird Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1600 W 82Nd St Ste 100
Bloomington, MN 55431-1411
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N92505, 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 Thunderbird Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued June 25, 1999, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated October 17, 1994, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2890211 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N92505 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-12 (serial 12-28, cancelled June 25, 1973). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
3 NTSB records under N92505: Accident on November 29, 2023 at Glencoe, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 23, 2003 at Owatonna, MN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 16, 1995 at Edwards, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA28 · operated under 091
The collision with deer during the landing rollout.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
The pilots loss of directional control on landing and subsequent collision with terrain. Contributing factors were the crosswind, the airport lights, and the ditch.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-181 · operated under 091
the pilot's failure to completely release the parking brakes prior to taxi, which produced a brake over temperature condition and brake fire.
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 September 30, 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