Piper PA-28-161
N970AC is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1980. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Naples Air Center INC, a corporation in Naples, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 3, 1997 and expires on October 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated December 8, 1980.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-8116113
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1980
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- AD83A8 (octal 53301650)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- November 3, 1997
- Expires
- October 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · December 8, 1980
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00663381
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Naples Air Center INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 230 Aviation Dr S
Naples, FL 34104-3572
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 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 N970AC, 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 Naples Air Center INC, a corporation, certificate issued November 3, 1997, expires October 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated December 8, 1980, consistent with the 1980 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8116113 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N970AC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288216203, cancelled October 4, 1997). 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]
2 NTSB records under N970AC: Accident on December 13, 2006 at Naples, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on November 9, 1995 at Marco Island, FL: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
The experimental airplane's pilot inadequate visual lookout while taxiing for takeoff, which resulted in an on-ground collision with a Piper airplane which was standing with its engine operating in the runup area.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN FOR THE FORCED LANDING WAS A FACTOR.
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