Single-engine piston

N28820

1987 Christen Industries A-1

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1987
Serial
1014
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Elite Flying Group LLC (LLC)
Based
Northampton, MA
Registration record

N28820 on the FAA register

Type
1987 Christen Industries A-1
Serial
1014
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
Elite Flying Group LLC
Northampton, MA
Certificate issued
2024-09-07
Airworthiness date
1987-07-23
Registration expires
2031-09-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A2EE6A
Mode S (octal)
50567152
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-09-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-09-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N28820 to the current registrant.
  • 1987-07-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N28820

N28820 is a 1987 Christen Industries A-1, serial number 1014. The FAA register lists Elite Flying Group LLC as the registrant in Northampton, Massachusetts. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 7, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated July 23, 1987.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N28820. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1982-10-03 Accident · Denver, NC Damage: Substantial NTSB · ATL83LA002
Reported aircraft: Grumman AA-5B — a different aircraft that carried the N28820 registration before this airframe.

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.