Single-engine piston

N51338

Piper Cherokee 235

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
28-10828
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Desert Wind Aircraft Leasing LLC (LLC)
Based
Moriarty, NM
Registration record

N51338 on the FAA register

Type
Piper Cherokee 235 (FAA: Piper PA-28-235)
Serial
28-10828
Engines
1
Registered owner
Desert Wind Aircraft Leasing LLC
Moriarty, NM
Certificate issued
2025-02-14
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
2032-02-29
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A66F76
Mode S (octal)
51467566
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
465 nm
Cruise (type)
108 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-02-29
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-02-14
    Certificate of registration issued as N51338 to the current registrant.
  • 1981-01-15
    N51338 previously assigned to a Cessna 150J (s/n 15069934); cancelled.
  • 1948-12-22
    N51338 previously assigned to a Fairchild PT-26 (s/n T42-3565); cancelled.
Overview

About N51338

N51338 is a Piper Cherokee 235 (FAA model PA-28-235), serial number 28-10828. The FAA register lists Desert Wind Aircraft Leasing LLC as the registrant in Moriarty, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 14, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston and 4 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 108 knots and a range of about 465 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N51338. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
108 kt
Range
465 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
800 ft
Landing over 50 ft
535 ft
Fuel burn
8 gph

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Safety record

Accident & incident history

1978-08-17 Accident · Heber,Ut, 44 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 2277
Reported aircraft: Cessna 150 — a different aircraft that carried the N51338 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.