{"airworthiness_class":"Multiple","airworthiness_date":"1987-09-28","airworthiness_ops":"Standard; Restricted; Other","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2018-01-03","city":"MARANA","country_code":"US","county_code":"019","cruise_speed_mph":93,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41532","engine_horsepower":250,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"0-540 SERIES","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-01-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-04-14","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102504","mode_s_code":"52736161","mode_s_hex":"ABBC71","model":"PA-25-235","n_number":"N8551L","name":"QUALITY AVITION INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"MARANA","damage":"SUBS","date":"1995-09-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX95LA348","probable_cause":"the pilot misjudged clearance from the power lines.","registration":"N8551L","state":"AZ","summary":"Accident on September 21, 1995 at Marana, AZ: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N8551L is a Piper PA-25-235, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to Quality Avition INC, a corporation in Marana, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 3, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; other, dated September 28, 1987.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Quality Avition INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 3, 2018, expires January 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; other; 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 25-4971 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8551L according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N8551L: Accident on September 21, 1995 at Marana, AZ: 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":1,"serial_number":"25-4971","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"AZ","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"PO BOX 218","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00892691","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8551L","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"856530218"}