N2446N1979 Piper PA-38-112
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19821 AD may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 21, 2026- Registered owner
- Pilot's Choice Aviation Equipment Leasing Co
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Georgetown, TX
- Certificate issued
- Aug 21, 2017
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal, Utility
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 30, 1979
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-38-112
- Year
- 1979
- Serial number
- 38-79A0847
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A24212
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-235 Series
- Type
- 4 Cycle
- Power
- 115 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2017 – nowPilot's Choice Aviation Equipment Leasing CoGeorgetown, TX · current
- 1963 – 1970PartnershipBeech Grove, IN · different airframe: 1947 Cessna 140 S/N 12699
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 21, 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 (1)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98-03-16 | The New Piper Aircraft Corporation Model PA-38-112 Airplanes | Mar 16, 1998 | Airframe (PA-38-112)Certain serial numbers: PA-38-112 38-80A0166–38-82A0122 |
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.
- Landing gear · attach bolt · brokenFeb 27, 2022
AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE KGTU FEBUARY 27, 2022 .SAT FSDO SW17 INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO LANDING GEAR ATTACH BOLTS AND THE LANDING GEAR COVER FAIRING DURING GROUND TAXI PRIOR TO FLIGHT. FAA IIC RECOMENDED INCIDENT CLASSIFICATION AS MINOR DAMAGE TO NTSB. AIRCRAFT WAS 14 CFR 141…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 21, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 21, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026