Piper PA-28R-201
N980AC is a Piper PA-28R-201, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2001. 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 April 18, 2019 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 18, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28R-201 · all PA-28R-201s and related versions
- Serial number
- 2844051
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER A&C · 200 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2001
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- ADAB27 (octal 53325447)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 18, 2019
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 10, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 18, 2001
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00383884
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Naples Air Center INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 230 Aviation Dr S
Naples, FL 34104-3572
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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 N980AC, 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 April 18, 2019, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 18, 2001, consistent with the 2001 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2844051 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N980AC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-24-250 (serial 24-3359, cancelled March 1, 2002). 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 N980AC: Accident on July 16, 2000 at Immokalee, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 8, 1999 at Naples, 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-24-250 · operated under 091
The inadequate supervision of the pilot rated student by the CFI for her failure to note that the fuel selector was positioned to an empty fuel tank. Also, failure of the CFI to attain the proper rate of descent at touchdown resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, and inadequate preflight planning preparation by the CFI for her failure to review the airplane systems with the pilot rated student. Also, inattention by the pilot rated student for his failure to reposition the fuel selector during the flight.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-24-250 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to perform manual gear extension procedures with a suspected unsafe landing gear indication which resulted in a collapse of the main landing gear on landing rollout. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in kind of aircraft.
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