N242RAPiper PA-42
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Johnston Properties LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Garden City, KS
- Certificate issued
- Mar 6, 2019
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 19, 1980
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Model
- PA-42
- Serial number
- 42-8001003
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 11
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A238E5
Engine
- Type
- Turbo-prop
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2019 – nowJohnston Properties LLCGarden City, KS · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (4)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-13-06 R1 | Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes | Nov 3, 2011 | Airframe (PA-42)Only with: Equipped with a baggage door in the fuselage nose section (nose baggage door). |
| 2000-14-08 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-42 Series Airplanes | Aug 21, 2000 | Airframe (PA-42)Only with: Equipped with pneumatic deicing boots. |
| 98-04-27 | The New Piper Aircraft Corporation Models PA-23, PA-23-160, PA-23-235, PA-23-250… | Mar 13, 1998 | Airframe (PA-42) |
| 97-26-12 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA- 31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, PA-42… | Dec 18, 1997 | Airframe (PA-42) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Engine fuel and control · clamp · missingJun 8, 1997
FUEL FLOW TRANSMITTER IS MOUNTED TO ENGINE WITH 2 STAINLESS LINES PN 3032010 AND PN 3026779 B1; AND, IF SUPPORT CLAMP PN 30006614 IS NOT INSTALLED, LINES WILL CRACK AT WELDS CREATING A HEAVY FUEL LEAKING ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ONTO WING.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026