Single-engine piston

N131CA

2020 Piper Archer LX

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2020
Serial
2881353
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-B4A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Coast Flight Training and Management Inc (Corporation)
Based
San Diego, CA
Registration record

N131CA on the FAA register

Type
2020 Piper Archer LX (FAA: Piper PA-28-181)
Serial
2881353
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-B4A
Registered owner
Coast Flight Training and Management Inc
San Diego, CA
Certificate issued
2020-10-28
Airworthiness date
2020-06-05
Registration expires
2027-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A07F1B
Mode S (octal)
50077433
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-10-28
    Certificate of registration issued as N131CA to the current registrant.
  • 2020-06-05
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 2014-11-12
    N131CA previously assigned to a Homebuilt Revolution MINI 500 (s/n 131); cancelled.
  • 1993-10-06
    N131CA previously assigned to a British Aerospace Bae Jetstream 3101 (s/n 787); cancelled.
Overview

About N131CA

N131CA is a 2020 Piper Archer LX (FAA model PA-28-181), serial number 2881353. The FAA register lists Coast Flight Training and Management Inc as the registrant in San Diego, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 28, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming IO-360-B4A engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated June 5, 2020.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N131CA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1993-04-20 Accident · Merced, CA Damage: Destroyed Serious injury NTSB · LAX93FA177
Reported aircraft: British Aerospace BA 3101 — a different aircraft that carried the N131CA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE FIRST OFFICER'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE RATE OF CLIMB AFTER A SINGLE-ENGINE LOSS OF POWER WAS SIMULATED, AND THE COMPANY CHECK PILOT'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION AND FAILURE TO NOTE THE DESCENT. DARKNESS WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.