Light jet

N8272Y

1965 Homebuilt P84 MK 4

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1965
Serial
XR704
Class
Light jet
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Mantei & Associates (Corporation)
Based
Lexington, SC
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Registration record

N8272Y on the FAA register

Type
1965 Homebuilt P84 MK 4
Serial
XR704
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Mantei & Associates
Lexington, SC
Certificate issued
2016-12-22
Airworthiness date
1999-09-18
Registration expires
2029-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
AB4D91
Mode S (octal)
52646621
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2016-12-22
    Certificate of registration issued as N8272Y to the current registrant.
  • 1999-09-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1991-12-09
    N8272Y previously assigned to a Piper Archer II / Archer LX / Archer TX (s/n 288190045); cancelled.
  • 1967-03-09
    N8272Y previously assigned to a Piper PA-30 TWIN Comanche / Twin Comanche PA-30 / Turbo TWIN Comanche (s/n 30-1401); cancelled.
  • 1965
    Manufactured (1965).
Overview

About N8272Y

N8272Y is a 1965 Homebuilt P84 MK 4, serial number XR704. The FAA register lists Mantei & Associates as the registrant in Lexington, South Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 22, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a light jet, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated September 18, 1999.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8272Y. 3 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1991-09-21 Accident · Cupertino, CA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX91FA399
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 — a different aircraft that carried the N8272Y registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN THE PROPER ALTITUDE, HIS IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISION TO ATTEMPT FLIGHT BELOW THE BASE OF AN OVERCAST LAYER OF CLOUDS TOWARD RISING MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND THE FLIGHT'S INADVERTENT ENTRY INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S MISJUDGED WEATHER EVALUATION AND HIS IMPROPER VFR PROCEDURES.
1986-07-30 Accident · Monument Valley, UT Damage: Substantial NTSB · DEN86LA217
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28-181 — a different aircraft that carried the N8272Y registration before this airframe.
1983-10-08 Accident · Junction, TX Damage: Substantial NTSB · FTW84LA011
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-32-301T — a different aircraft that carried the N8272Y 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.