Single-engine piston

N228MG

2025 Piper Archer LX

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
2881985
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-B4A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Georgia Aviation Authority (Government)
Based
Eastman, GA
Registration record

N228MG on the FAA register

Type
2025 Piper Archer LX (FAA: Piper PA-28-181)
Serial
2881985
Engines
Lycoming IO-360-B4A
Registered owner
Georgia Aviation Authority
Eastman, GA
Certificate issued
2026-02-23
Airworthiness date
2025-12-30
Registration expires
2033-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A1FFD3
Mode S (octal)
50377723
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-02-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N228MG to the current registrant.
  • 2025-12-30
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
  • 2018-05-30
    N228MG previously assigned to a Homebuilt RV-7A (s/n 71045); cancelled.
Overview

About N228MG

N228MG is a 2025 Piper Archer LX (FAA model PA-28-181), serial number 2881985. The FAA register lists Georgia Aviation Authority as the registrant in Eastman, Georgia. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 23, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033.

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 December 30, 2025.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N228MG. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2016-07-16 Accident · Langley, WA Damage: Substantial Minor injury NTSB · GAA16CA382
Reported aircraft: Gonzalez Manuel A RV 7 — a different aircraft that carried the N228MG registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land with a tailwind, which resulted in, landing long, a runway overrun, and impact with a berm and nose over.

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.