N4233P1959 Piper PA-23-160
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Dec 3, 2014.
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Last registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Hillsboro, OR
- Canceled
- Dec 3, 2014
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 10, 1959
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
- 1959
- Serial number
- 23-1730
- 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
- A50993
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- until 2014Individual ownerHillsboro, OR
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 (2)
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 · link assy · failedDec 9, 2011
DURING ROLLOUT, AFTER LANDING, ACFT STARTED TO LEAN TO THE LEFT. PILOTS USED RT RUDDER AND BRAKES TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE ACFT ON THE RUNWAY. ACFT CAME TO COMPLETE STOP ON RUNWAY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION, NOTED THAT THE LT MLG TO PASS CENTER AND FALL AFT. LINK ASSY HAD FAILED AT A DRILLED BOLT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · drag link · failedJul 20, 2006
DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RT MLG UPPER DRAG LINK ASSY HAD FAILED AT THE ATTACHMENT POINT FOR THE MLG DOWNLOCK LATCH ASSY. A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE BROKEN DRAG LINK SHOWED THAT THE ASSY HAD A METAL FATIGUE CRACK ALONG THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE COMPONENT. THE CRACKED…
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