N8098R1979 Piper PA-28RT-201
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Somerset Air Service INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Bedminster, NJ
- Certificate issued
- Jan 5, 1987
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 21, 1979
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-28RT-201
- Year
- 1979
- Serial number
- 28R-8018003
- 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
- AB06CC
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming I0360 Ser A&C
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 200 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1987 – nowSomerset Air Service INCBedminster, NJ · current
- 1969Air Capital International INCAugusta, KS · different airframe: Beechcraft 36 S/N E-169
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-03 | Placard and Markings | Apr 20, 2018 | Airframe (PA-28RT-201)Serial numbers per Table 1 to paragraph (c) of this AD |
| 2013-02-13 | Stabilizer Control System | Mar 11, 2013 | Airframe (PA-28RT-201) |
| 2010-15-10 | Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-28, PA-32, PA-34, and PA-44 Series Airplanes | Aug 31, 2010 | Airframe (PA-28RT-201)Certain serial numbers: PA-28-140 28-20001–28-26946; PA-28-140 28-7125001–28-7725290; PA-28-150 28-03; PA-28-150 28-1–28-4377; PA-28-150 28-1760A; PA-28-160 28-03; … |
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.
- Wings · rib · crackedJul 27, 1997
WHILE REPLACING THE SKIN ON THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE LEFT AILERON, THE CENTER RIB WAS FOUND CRACKED IN THE FORWARD ATTACH FLANGE. THIS AREA IS RIGHT BEHIND THE ACTUATING PUSH ROD. BOLTS WERE TIGHT. TOTALLY INACCESSIBLE TO VIEW.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026