N4048P1958 Piper PA-23-160
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Jan 18, 2018.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply5 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Last registered owner
- Co-owners
- City, state
- Charleston, SC
- Certificate issued
- Dec 2, 1999
- Canceled
- Jan 18, 2018
- Airworthiness
- Standard
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-23-160
- Year
- 1958
- Serial number
- 23-1525
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 5
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A4BEFB
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-320 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1999 – 2018Co-ownersCharleston, SC
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-15-05 | Air Conditioning | Aug 28, 2017 | Airframe (PA-23-160) |
| 2009-13-06 R1 | Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes | Nov 3, 2011 | Airframe (PA-23-160)Only with: Equipped with a baggage door in the fuselage nose section (nose baggage door). |
| 2003-09-13 | the New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-23, PA-23-160, PA-23-235, PA-23-250, and… | Jun 23, 2003 | Airframe (PA-23-160)Certain serial numbers: PA-23 23-1–23-2046; PA-23-160 23-1–23-2046; PA-23-235 27-505–27-622; PA-23-250 27-1–27-504; PA-23-250 27-2000–27-8154030; PA-E23-250 27-2505–27-4916; …. Only with: Applies only to airplanes that do not incorporate P/N 17634-002 flap control torque tube or P/N 104622-002 or 104622-004 flap control torque tube assembly. |
| 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-23-160) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (5)
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.
- Exhaust · exhaust stack · brokenDec 12, 2000
DURING REPAIR OF MASSIVE OIL LEAK ON LEFT ENGINE, FOUND EXHAUST STACK MISSING ON NR3 CYLINDER. STACK BROKEN AT FLANGE AND WAS LYING IN COWL. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLYING THIS WAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. STACK ON NR2 CYLINDER WAS CRACK MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AT FLANGE. OTHER IMPROPER REPAIRS NOTED ON OTHER…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Power plant · truss · brokenDec 12, 2000
WHILE PERFORMING OTHER MAINTENANCE ON RT ENGINE, TECH NOTICED BROKEN ENGINE TRUSS. TRUSS MEMBER COMPLETELY BROKEN IN HALF. CAUSE OF FAILURE BELIEVED TO BE SEVERE CORROSION ON THE INSIDE OF THE STEEL TUBE CONSTRUCTED TRUSS MEMBERS. SUGGEST REPLACING WHOLE LANDING GEAR/ ENGINE TRUSS ASSEMBLY. AC HAD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · tube · misinstalledDec 12, 2000
AC RETURNED TO AIRPORT DUE TO NOTICEABLE OIL LEAKAGE APPEARING ON LEFT WING AND COWLING. 4 QUARTS OF OIL MISSING WHEN MAINTENANCE CK ENGINE. FOUND OIL DIPSTICK TUBE HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY SAFETIED AND LOOSENED, ALLOWING OIL TO ESCAPE. OTHER ENGINE TUBE WAS ALSO LOOSE, BUT NOT LEAKING AS BADLY.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Fuel · primer line · brokenDec 12, 2000
WHILE REPAIRING MASSIVE EXHAUST LEAK ON LEFT ENGINE THE CYLINDER PRIMER LINE WAS FOUND BROKEN IN HALF AND ANOTHER FUEL PRIMER LINE FOUND CHAFED. RAW FUEL AND MASSIVE EXHAUST LEAK COULD CAUSE ENGINE FIRE. NEW LINES INSTALLED. AC HAD RECENT ANNUAL.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Reciprocating engine · stud · brokenDec 12, 2000
DURING REPAIR OF MAJOR OIL LEAK ON LT ENGINE, FOUND NR1 CYLINDER HAD 3 BROKEN STUDS AND ALL BUT 2 OF THE REMAINING HOLD DOWN NUTS HAD BACKED OFF. CYLINDER ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE SOON LEFT THE CRANKCASE. 3 STUDS WERE REPLACED AND ALL CLYINDER HOLD DOWNS RE-TORQUED ON BOTH ENGINES ALL FOUND BELOW…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026