{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-08-15","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-28","city":"MISSOULA","country_code":"US","county_code":"063","cruise_speed_mph":108,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41508","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-320 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-28","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102803","mode_s_code":"52673446","mode_s_hex":"AB7726","model":"PA-28-161","n_number":"N838MA","name":"CCA AERO ESTATE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"LANTANA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-04-05","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"ATL99LA067","probable_cause":"The pilot's failure to secure the engine oil filler cap during the preflight inspection that resulted the subsequent loss of engine power, and his in-flight decision to attempt a single engine go-around with full wing flaps extended.","registration":"N838MA","state":"FL","summary":"Accident on April 5, 1999 at Lantana, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N838MA is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Cca Aero Estate LLC, an LLC in Missoula, Montana. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 28, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated August 15, 1978.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Cca Aero Estate LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 28, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7916019 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N838MA was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Learjet Inc 60 (serial 158, cancelled March 11, 2014); Piper PA 46-350P (serial 4636458, cancelled May 26, 2009); Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (serial 188, cancelled March 21, 2000). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N838MA: Accident on April 5, 1999 at Lantana, FL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"28-7916019","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MT","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"725 SW HIGGINS AVE STE C","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00641242","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N838MA","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"598031420"}