{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1981-06-30","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-03-24","city":"CARSON CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"510","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":"2033-03-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-03-24","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102803","mode_s_code":"52705236","mode_s_hex":"AB8A9E","model":"PA-28-161","n_number":"N8427K","name":"INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES INC TRUSTEE","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MCKINNEY","damage":"SUBS","date":"2000-06-24","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW00LA185","probable_cause":"The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the landing resulting in the loss of directional control by the student pilot.","registration":"N8427K","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on June 24, 2000 at Mckinney, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8427K is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1981. It has 4 seats. It is registered to International Air Services INC Trustee, a corporation in Carson City, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 24, 2026 and expires on March 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated June 30, 1981.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to International Air Services INC Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued March 24, 2026, expires March 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated June 30, 1981, consistent with the 1981 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-8116299 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N8427K was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Stinson 108-1 (serial 108-1427, cancelled November 15, 1972). 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 N8427K: Accident on June 24, 2000 at Mckinney, TX: no 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":"Western-Pacific","region_code":"4","registrant_type":"Corporation","registrant_type_code":"3","seats":4,"serial_number":"28-8116299","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NV","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"123 W NYE LN STE 129","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00183041","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8427K","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1981,"zip":"897060838"}