N396CT1987 Piper PA-42-720
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19826 ADs may apply
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 16, 2026- Registered owner
- Flight Assets LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Dover, DE
- Certificate issued
- Mar 12, 2020
- Expires
- Mar 31, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 8, 2020
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-42-720
- Year
- 1987
- Serial number
- 42-5501044
- 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
- A49957
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Canada Pt6a-61
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 850 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2020 – nowFlight Assets LLCDover, DE · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 16, 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 (6)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-10 | Pratt & Whitney Canada Turboprop Engines | May 23, 2012 | Engine (PT6A-61)Only with: Engines with power section maintenance involving first stage sun gear or planet gear replacement since December 22, 2008, and with TAATI PMA first stage sun gears P/N E3028456 or E3037304, or planet gear sets P/N E3101455-02 or E3101525-02 installed. |
| 2009-13-06 R1 | Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes | Nov 3, 2011 | Airframe (PA-42-720)Only with: Equipped with a baggage door in the fuselage nose section (nose baggage door). |
| 2002-23-13 | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A Series Turboprop Engines | Dec 31, 2002 | Engine (PT6A-61)Only with: Engines with turbine exhaust ducts P/N 3012290, 3031988, 3032117, 3035784, 3035786, 3105890-01, 3112167-01, or 3111780-01 installed. |
| 2000-14-08 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-42 Series Airplanes | Aug 21, 2000 | Airframe (PA-42-720)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-42-720) |
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| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97-26-12 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA- 31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, PA-42… | Dec 18, 1997 | Airframe (PA-42-720) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 16, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 16, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026