# N4328Y: Piper PA-28-161, registration cancelled 1991-04-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 24, 1991
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 288416024
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: February 1, 1984
- Last registry action: January 31, 1991
- Mode S code: A52E13
- Owners when cancelled: [Welch Preston F](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELCH%20PRESTON%20F), [Welch Stacey D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WELCH%20STACEY%20D)
- Location: [Seal Beach, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Seal%20Beach)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 33.7543° N, 118.0733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90740, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4328Y
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4328Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4328Y-1991-04-24

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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-28-161: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161.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 LAX88FA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA306), Sep 2, 1988: Piper PA-28-161 (N4328Y), Temecula, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY INITIATE A GO-AROUND DURING AN ABORTED LANDING. THE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, FAILURE TO RETURN TO THE RUNWAY FOR THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, AND NOT…

## 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 19880902036659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880902036659A), Sep 2, 1988: Piper PA28161 (N4328Y), Temecula, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Landing downwind veered off and paralleled runway. Go around full flaps over waiting aircraft hit building. Crashed

## Other aircraft with N4328Y

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4328Y): Aero Vodochody L39C, S/N 432821, built 1984
- [Cancelled 1970-09-03](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4328Y-1970-09-03): Piper PA-18-150, S/N 18-8480. Owner: [Cessna Earl](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CESSNA%20EARL), [Kodiak, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Kodiak)

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