Single-engine piston

N51RA

Piper Cherokee 180 / Archer / Challenger 180

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
28-7105147
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
K and D Aviation Inc (Corporation)
Based
Robbinsville, NJ
Registration record

N51RA on the FAA register

Type
Piper Cherokee 180 / Archer / Challenger 180 (FAA: Piper PA-28-180)
Serial
28-7105147
Engines
Lycoming O&VO-360 series
Registered owner
K and D Aviation Inc
Robbinsville, NJ
Certificate issued
2023-06-05
Airworthiness date
1971-05-10
Registration expires
2030-06-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal, utility
Mode S (hex)
A6608E
Mode S (octal)
51460216
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-06-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-06-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N51RA to the current registrant.
  • 1984-08-01
    N51RA previously assigned to a Homebuilt S-1S (s/n 602); cancelled.
  • 1971-05-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal, utility)).
Overview

About N51RA

N51RA is a Piper Cherokee 180 / Archer / Challenger 180 (FAA model PA-28-180), serial number 28-7105147. The FAA register lists K and D Aviation Inc as the registrant in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The current certificate of registration was issued on June 5, 2023 and expires on June 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O&VO-360 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal, utility), dated May 10, 1971.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N51RA. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1981-08-25 Accident · Clovis,Nm, 31 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 3 2536
Reported aircraft: Pitts S-1S — a different aircraft that carried the N51RA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: D NO FORMAL TRAINING IN INVERTED SPINS.

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.