# N9089N: 1986 Piper PA-28-161, registration cancelled 2014-05-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 21, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper PA-28-161](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (registry code 7102803)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13), [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2816003
- Year built: 1986
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: December 11, 1986
- Certificate issued: January 27, 1987
- Last registry action: August 27, 2013
- Mode S code: AC9084
- Owner when cancelled: [General Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GENERAL%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Danville, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Danville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.5860° N, 79.3950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, VA, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9089N
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9089N
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9089N-2014-05-21

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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

## Service difficulty reports (8)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2010FA0001061](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001061), Sep 24, 2010: CARBURETOR. FAILED. REMOVED CARBURETOR, WAS UNABLE TO PROPERLY LEAN. NO RISE AT ANY RPM. ROUGH AND STUMBLED WHEN REDUCING POWER AND WHEN ADVANCING POWER. HAD CARBURETOR O/H RS NR V
- [SDR 2010FA0001048](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001048), Sep 3, 2010: CARBURETOR. FAILED. INSTALLED A NEW CARBURETOR ON 9-3-2010. AFTER 21 HOURS TIME IN SERVICE WE WERE UNABLE TO ACHEIVE PROPER LEANING AT ANY RPM AND HAD A POWER LOSS OR STUMBLE WHEN 
- [SDR 2010FA0001047](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001047), Sep 3, 2010: VENTURI. LEAKING. INSTALLED SUPPLIED O/H CARBURETOR ON 7-19-2010. AFTER 80 HOUR OF TIME ON REPLACEMENT CARBURETOR, ENGINE BECAME HARD STARTING AND WAS UNABLE TO ACHEIVE PROPER LE
- [SDR 2010FA0001046](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001046), Jul 21, 2010: CARBURETOR. INOPERATIVE. (V1RR) INSTALLED, SUPPLIED OVERHAULED CARBURETOR ON 7-7-2010. AFTER 33 HOURS ON CARBURETOR IT BECAME HARD STARTING AND UNABLE TO ACHIEVE PROPER LEANING AT ANY R
- [SDR 2010FA0001045](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2010FA0001045), Jul 7, 2010: ACCELL PUMP. LEAKING. (V1RR) INSTALLED FACTORY O/H ENGINE ON 2-25-2010. AFTER 178 HOURS ENGINE BECAME VERY HARD STARTING. SEEMED TO BE FLOODING. REMOVED CARBURETOR AND FOUND LEAK ARO
- [SDR 2007FA0000026](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2007FA0000026), Dec 11, 2006: STARTER. BROKEN. WHEN STARTING AIRCRAFT, MADE LOUD NOISE AT STARTER. INSPECTED AND FOUND BENDIX SHATTERED. (K)
- [SDR 2005FA0001405](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2005FA0001405), Sep 22, 2005: SKIN. CRACKED. WING WALK STIFFENER PANEL CRACKED UNDER UPPER WING SKIN, YEARS OF WALKING ON PANEL. STIFFENER PANEL SHOULD BE HEAVER GAUGE METAL. (K)
- [SDR 96ZZZX5497](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX5497), Oct 11, 1996: LIGHTING. SHORTING. REPORT BY PILOT THAT OVERHEAD LIGHT INOP. REPAIR/SIGN OFF - BY MECHANIC STATED 'DID NOT HAVE SWITCH TURNED ON. WORKS FINE'. AFTER SEEING THIS AND BEING FAMILIAR

## 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 ERA13FA385](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA385), Aug 29, 2013: Piper PA-28-161 (N9089N), Danville, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain control and climb the airplane during a go-around maneuver. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's failure to provide adequate oversight of…

## 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 20130829015999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130829015999A), Aug 29, 2013: Piper PA-28-161 (N9089N), Danville, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. A/c struck the ILS antenna while attempting to land on runway 2. Left wing shreared off and crashed 250 feet off the runway/ 40 feet from taxiway, and caught…

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