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Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Piper
Model
PA-28-140
Year
1971
Serial number
28-7125219
Aircraft type
Fixed wing single engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
4
Engines
1
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Mode S code
A52B14
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 2018Individual ownerMinneapolis, MN
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026
NTSB events (1)
Accident · substantial damage
Dec 11, 2015 · California, MD
The student pilot's descent below the prescribed final approach path at night, and flight instructor's failure to correct the student pilot's descent, which resulted in a collision with trees and impact with the ground.
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. (Formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) PA28 and PA32 Series…
Feb 5, 1996
Airframe (PA-28-140)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 (3)
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.
Equipment and furnishings · d-ring · corrodedOct 21, 2010
DISCOVERED VERY HEAVY EXFOLIATION CORROSION ON ALUMINUM SEAT BELT ATTACH "D" RING AT FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT. CORROSION WAS HIDDEN UNDERNEATH BELT WEBBING. AREA IS PRONE TO DAMPNESS AND IS HIDDEN FROM VIEW. CAN ONLY BE SEEN BY PUSHING SEWN AREA OF BELT BACK WHERE IT ATTACHES TO RING. BELT DEPARTED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Landing gear · torque link · crackedOct 4, 2003
DURING INSP OF MLG IAW SB 1131, DISCOVERED CRACK IN MLG TORQUE LINK. FURTHER NDI REVEALED ALL (4) TORQUE LINKS CRACKED (PN 633062) EXACTLY AS INDICATED IN FIG 1 OF SC600. THE TORQUE LINKS WERE NOT BEING INSPECTED IAW AD BECAUSE THE AD CITES PN 6569100 OR 65691002 AS THE ONLY ONES TO BE INSPECTED.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Fuel · cover · bowed fitMay 29, 1996
DURING 100-HOUR INSPECTION, NOTICED FUEL STAINS ON GASCOLATOR BOWL. REPLACED GASKET BETWEEN BOWL AND COVER, BUT COULD NOT SEAL. FURTHER INSPECTION WITH A STRAIGHT EDGE REVEALED COVER WAS BOWED, NOT FLAT AT MATING SURFACE. SUSPECT CAUSE: MANY YEARS OF OVERTIGHTENING THE BALE WIRE. FOUND SAME…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.