Single-engine piston

N62873

1978 Piper PA-25-235

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
25-7856061
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Lycoming O-540-B2C5
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Sky Sailing Inc (Corporation)
Based
Warner Springs, CA
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Registration record

N62873 on the FAA register

Type
1978 Piper PA-25-235
Serial
25-7856061
Engines
Lycoming O-540-B2C5
Registered owner
Sky Sailing Inc
Warner Springs, CA
Certificate issued
2006-12-22
Airworthiness date
2007-03-07
Registration expires
2029-01-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A8375E
Mode S (octal)
52033536
Seats (type)
1
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
603 nm
Cruise (type)
148 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-01-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2007-03-07
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2006-12-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N62873 to the current registrant.
  • 1991-06-03
    N62873 previously assigned to a Dehavilland Beaver DHC-2 (s/n 323); cancelled.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N62873

N62873 is a 1978 Piper PA-25-235, serial number 25-7856061. The FAA register lists Sky Sailing Inc as the registrant in Warner Springs, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 22, 2006 and expires on January 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Lycoming O-540-B2C5 engine and 1 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 148 knots and a range of about 603 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated March 7, 2007.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N62873. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
148 kt
Range
603 nm
Takeoff over 50 ft
1,290 ft
Landing over 50 ft
750 ft
Fuel burn
14 gph

Published figures for the Piper PA-25-235 type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1989-04-19 Accident · Pelican, AK Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · SEA89FA074
Reported aircraft: de Havilland DHC-2 — a different aircraft that carried the N62873 registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). THE TERRAIN AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CONSIDERED TO BE FACTORS.

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.