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Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type data
Airframe
Manufacturer
Piper
Model
PA-30
Year
1965
Serial number
30-929
Aircraft type
Fixed wing multi engine
Category
Land
Certification
Type Certificated
Seats
6
Engines
2
Max takeoff weight
Up to 12,499 lb
Type certificate data sheet
A1EA
Mode S code
AAA30C
Engine
Make and model
Lycoming Io-320 Series
Type
Reciprocating
Power
150 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 2011Individual ownerGreeley, CO
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
Apr 3, 2011 · Ruidoso, NM
The left engine's intermittent loss of power during initial climb for undetermined reasons. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude at the time of the accident.
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. PA-24, PA- 28R, PA-30, PA-32R, PA-34, and PA-39 Series…
Dec 8, 1998
Airframe (PA-30)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.
The New Piper Aircraft Corporation Models PA-23, PA-23-160, PA-23-235, PA-23-250…
Mar 13, 1998
Airframe (PA-30)
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.
Power plant · air door · detachedDec 1, 1995
ENGINE LOST POWER ON TAKEOFF. POST-SHUT DOWN AND LANDING, INVESTIGATION REVEALED ALTERNATE AIR DOOR CAME OFF ITS HINGES AND WAS SUCKED UP AGAINST METERING ORFICES IN THE VENTURI, PHYSICALLY STARVING THE ENGINE FOR AIR AND UPSETTING THE METERING CAPABILITIES OF THE METERING UNIT. AIRCRAFT HAD 5,000…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.