N75AW1981 Piper PA-42
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Registered owner
- Co-owners
- City, state
- New Braunfels, TX
- Certificate issued
- Apr 29, 2024
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2031
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 29, 1992
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
- Year
- 1981
- Serial number
- 42-8001046
- 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
- AA17C5
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Pt6a Ser
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 750 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 – nowCo-ownersNew Braunfels, TX · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 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)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)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) |
| 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) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
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.
- Fuel · shaft · shearedFeb 23, 2017
LEFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 1500. JUST BEFORE DESCENT, THE LEFT ENGINE LOST TORQUE AND % RPM AND LOW OIL PRESSURE WAS INDICATED. CROSSED CHECKED THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A FAULTY INDICATOR, THEN FEATHERED THE LEFT ENGINE AND FOLLOWED SHUTDOWN PROCEDURE. CONTINUED…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026