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N9259P

Piper PA-24-260

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesRhode Island

N9259P is a Piper PA-24-260, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Cranston, Rhode Island. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 26, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-24-260 · all PA-24-260s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The 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
24-4758
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
1968
Cruising speed
135 mph
Transponder code
ACD45E (octal 53152136)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 26, 2018
Expires
September 30, 2028
Last FAA action
June 10, 2023
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
FAA region
New EnglandFAA region code E (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00550691

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Chiarini Joshua
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
75 Burdick Dr
Cranston, RI 02920-1517

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 1

2026-10-06Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Connections how N9259P links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Cranston, RI 17 aircraft registered in this town
  • Rhode Island 361 aircraft registered
Airworthiness
Live

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Records check free · 0 to understand · 4 clear

The public federal record on N9259P, 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 Chiarini Joshua, an individual, certificate issued September 26, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 24-4758 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N9259P according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 6, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N9259P. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

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 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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