N8265S1980 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 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Thunderbird Aircraft Co
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Bloomington, MN
- Certificate issued
- May 16, 1989
- Expires
- May 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 9, 1980
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
- 1980
- Serial number
- 28R-8118001
- 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
- AB4A3D
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- 1989 – nowThunderbird Aircraft CoBloomington, MN · current
- 1967Lawson Aviation INCMiami, FL · different airframe: Curtiss Wright C-46d S/N 44-77852
- 1965Cessna Aircraft Codifferent airframe: Cessna 150f S/N 15061865
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Reciprocating engine · stud · brokenOct 13, 1999
NR 2 CYLINDER HAD TWO BROKEN STUDS PREVIOUS TO THIS INCIDENT. SUBMITTER STATED SHOULD HAVE REMOVED THROUGH-STUDS ALSO AND HAD MAGNAFLUXED AND CHECKED BEFORE RE-INSTALLING CYLINDER AT THAT TIME.
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