N76HK1958 Piper PA-23-160
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Dodson International Parks INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Rantoul, KS
- Certificate issued
- Feb 11, 2025
- Expires
- Feb 29, 2032
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jun 19, 1958
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
- 1958
- Serial number
- 23-1423
- 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
- AA3FE8
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- 2025 – nowDodson International Parks INCRantoul, KS · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (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.
- Propellers · fork · crackedApr 27, 2001
AT OVERHAUL THE PITCH CHANGE FORK NR B2457-3 WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK APPROX. .1875 INCHES IN LENGTH LOCATED AT THE LOWER INSIDE RADIUS OF THE NR 2 BLADE PITCH CHANGE SLOT.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Propellers · mushroom · crackedMar 12, 1996
THE PART THAT IS DEFECTIVE INSIDE OF THE PROPELLER IS CALLED THE MUSHROOM, PN A856. WHILE DISASSEMBLING THE FEATHER SPRING KIT DURING IRAN (INSPECT, REPAIR AS NECESSARY) INSPECTION, THE MUSHROOM WAS FOUND BROKEN. WHILE PERFORMING A DYE-PENETRANT INSPECTION ON THE SAME PART OF THE OTHER PROPELLER…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Propellers · mushroom · crackedMar 12, 1996
BOTH PROPELLERS HAVE APPROXIMATELY 11,863 TOTAL HOURS SINCE NEW AND 5,920.1 HOURS SINCE OVERHAUL. HOWEVER, BOTH PROPELLERS HAVE HAD ROUTINE INTERNAL CORROSION INSPECTIONS OR IRAN INSPECTIONS (INSPECT, REPAIR AS NECESSARY) APPROXIMATELY EVERY 2 YEARS AND/OR 2,000 HOURS.
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