# N135LA: 1973 Piper PA-23-250, registration cancelled 2014-10-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 24, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308)
- Engine: [Lycoming TI0-541 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-541-series) (registry code 41536)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A10), [TCDS E10EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E10EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 27-7305084
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: April 16, 1973
- Certificate issued: December 17, 2002
- Last registry action: December 16, 2008
- Mode S code: A08EBF
- Owner when cancelled: [Cowboy Church Of The American West](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/COWBOY%20CHURCH%20OF%20THE%20AMERICAN%20WEST)
- Location: [Midland, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Midland)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N135LA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=135LA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135LA-2014-10-24

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Piper PA-23-250: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX03FA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA069), Jan 8, 2003: Piper PA-23-250 (N135LA), Flagstaff, AZ, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to comply with his instrument clearance route instruction and to maintain his assigned altitude. A factor in the accident was the poor quality of radio communications due to the…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20030108000809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030108000809A), Jan 8, 2003: Piper PA23250 (N135LA), Flagstaff, AZ, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) On January 8, 2003, while operating under VFR, the PIC of N135LA flew into weather surrounding the Flagstaff, Arizona, area and descended below the…

## Other aircraft with N135LA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N135LA): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, S/N 40.1233, built 2022

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