N46HL1985 Piper PA-42-1000
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Gsp Air LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Sparta, NJ
- Certificate issued
- Nov 23, 2024
- Expires
- Nov 30, 2031
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Mar 7, 1985
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-42-1000
- Year
- 1985
- Serial number
- 42-5527017
- 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
- A597FC
Engine
- Make and model
- Airesearch Tpe331 Series
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 904 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2024 – nowGsp Air LLCSparta, NJ · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-13-06 R1 | Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes | Nov 3, 2011 | Airframe (PA-42-1000)Only with: Equipped with a baggage door in the fuselage nose section (nose baggage door). |
| 2000-14-08 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-42 Series Airplanes | Aug 21, 2000 | Airframe (PA-42-1000)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-42-1000) |
| 97-26-12 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA- 31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, PA-42… | Dec 18, 1997 | Airframe (PA-42-1000) |
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 · crackedAug 30, 2010
(GW1R) DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE NLG IDLER-LINK ASSY. INDICATED CRACKS IN 3 LOCATIONS BY FLOURESCENT PENETRANT INSP (FPI).
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · link assy · crackedAug 18, 2010
DURING ROUTINE INSP, MX OF THE NLG THE LINK ASSY, NLG IDLER WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THREE (3) AREAS. THERE IS NO LIFE LIMIT ON THIS PART AND NO SPECIAL INSP REQUIREMENTS. SUGGEST 500 HR REPETIVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SL1088 NLG SIDE BRACE INSP.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026