N5850P1959 Piper PA-24-250
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply4 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Co-owners
- City, state
- Placerville, CA
- Certificate issued
- Jul 30, 2026
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2033
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 13, 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-24-250
- Year
- 1959
- Serial number
- 24-932
- 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
- A78AE1
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-540 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 250 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2026 – nowCo-ownersPlacerville, CA · 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 (3)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-17-06 | Flight Controls | Oct 22, 2012 | Airframe (PA-24-250)Certain serial numbers: PA-24 24-1–24-3687; PA-24-250 24-1; PA-24-250 24-103–24-3687; PA-24-260 24-3642; PA-24-260 24-4000–24-5034. Only with: Horn P/N 20397-00 (assembly P/N 20399) installed. |
| 99-05-09 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-23, PA- 24, PA-28, PA-32, and PA-34 Series Airplanes | Mar 19, 1999 | Airframe (PA-24-250)Certain serial numbers: PA-23-235 27-505–27-622; PA-23-250 27-01–27-2504; PA-24-180 24-103–24-3687; PA-24-250 24-103–24-3687; PA-24-260 24-3642; PA-24-260 24-4000–24-5028; …. Only with: Equipped with Purolator air filter P/N 638873, Model CA161PL, or Piper P/N 460-632 (PS60007-2). |
| 97-01-01 R1 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-24, PA- 28R, PA-30, PA-32R, PA-34, and PA-39 Series… | Dec 8, 1998 | Airframe (PA-24-250)Certain serial numbers: PA-28R-180 28R-30002–28R-31135; PA-28R-180 28R-7130001–28R-7130013; PA-28R-200 28R-35001–28R-35820; PA-28R-200 28R-7135001–28R-7635539; PA-28R-201 28R-7737002–28R-7737096; PA-28R-201T 28R-7703001–28R-7703239; …. Only with: All serials of PA-24, PA-24-250, PA-24-260, PA-24-400, PA-30, PA-39; PA-28R, PA-32R, PA-34 models (all serials of PA-34-200) only if not equipped with Piper P/N 78717-02 (or FAA-approved equivalent) main gear sidebrace stud in both main gear sidebrace bracket assemblies. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (4)
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 · strut · bentAug 13, 1999
DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE RT MAIN GEAR STRUT WAS FOUND LEAKING. THE ASSY WAS DISASSEMBLED. WHILE TRYING TO RE-INSTALL THE LOWER PISTON TUBE BEARING, IT WAS FOUND TO GET STUCK ON THE STRUT TUBE ABOUT HALF-WAY DOWN. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CHROME WAS WORN ALMOST THROUGH IN THAT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · stabilator horn · corrodedAug 13, 1999
DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE STABILATOR HORN TUBE WAS FOUND CORRODED WHERE IT ENTERED THE TORQUE TUBE FITTING.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · torque tube · corrodedAug 13, 1999
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND IT WAS NECESSARY TO REMOVE THE STABILATOR TORQUE TUBE ASSY TO CORRECT ANOTHER DISCREPANCY. THE RT AND LT STABILATORS WERE FOUND DIFFICULT TO REMOVE FROM THE TORQUE TUBE. THE INBD FITTING (PN 21420-02) WAS UNBOLTED FROM THE STABILATORS AND LEFT ON THE TUBE WHILE THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Wings · rivets · shearedAug 13, 1999
DURING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION, THE RT AFT ATTACH FITTING, UNDER THE AFT BAGGAGE FLOOR, WAS FOUND TO HAVE SEVERAL MISSING RIVETS AND THE PLATE WAS MISALIGNED WITH THE FITTING ASSY. THE RIVETS THAT WERE STILL IN THE HOLES WERE ALL SHEARED. THE LT ATTACH WAS INSPECTED AND APPEARED TO BE ALIGNED AND ALL…
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