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N281C

Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1A

N281C is an Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1999. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Appel Daniel E, a partnership in Redfield, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 15, 2014 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 25, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Aviat Aircraft Inc
Model
A-1A
Serial number
1456
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-360-A1D · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1999
Transponder code
A2D1E4 (octal 50550744)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 15, 2014
Expires
January 31, 2030
Last FAA action
September 30, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 25, 1999
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00013787

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Appel Daniel E
Type
Partnership
Address
17486 375Th Ave
Redfield, SD 57469-6510
Co-owners
Appel Vickie R

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1994-02-18Bell 206B · exported to Ireland · Valid registration
1970-06-30Stinson 108-2 · exported to Canada · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data