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Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · substantial damage
May 12, 2015 · Ranger, TX
A total loss of engine power during cruise flight due to piston fatigue cracking for reasons that could not be determined due to postfracture smearing damage.
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.
The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA- 25, PA-25-235, PA-25-260, PA-28S-160…
Jan 13, 2000
Airframe (PA-28-161)Only with: Equipped with Purolator air filter P/N 638873, Model CA161PL, or Piper P/N 460-632 (PS60007-2); PA-28-151/161 only when STC SA2946SO is incorporated.
The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) PA28 and PA32 Series…
Feb 5, 1996
Airframe (PA-28-161)Only with: Equipped with oil cooler hose assemblies that do not meet TSO-C53a, Type D requirements.
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.
Power plant · heat muff · screen failedNov 22, 1996
CARB HEAT MUFF SCREEN BROKEN AND INJESTED. DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, SCREEN LOCATED IN MUFFLER HEAT EXCHANGER FOUND TO BE DETERIORATED. SUSPECT CAUSE IS HEAT AND AGE. SUGGEST INSPECTION OF SCREEN EACH TIME MUFFLER SHROUD IS REMOVED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.