N8288L1980 Piper PA-28RT-201
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply5 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Frenzel Aviation Investments LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Brentwood, TN
- Certificate issued
- Nov 8, 2016
- Expires
- Nov 30, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 23, 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-8118011
- 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
- AB520E
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming I0360 Ser
- 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- 2016 – nowFrenzel Aviation Investments LLCBrentwood, TN · current
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 (5)
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.
- Ignition · impulse coupling · jammedSep 14, 2020
DURING AN ENGINE RUN UP THE LEFT MAGNETO WAS OBSERVED TO BE NOT FIRING. UPON REMOVAL OF THE MAGNETO THE IMPULSE COUPLING WAS FOUND FAILED. ONE OF THE PAWLS WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE PLATE OF THE COUPLING AND THE HOUSING OF THE MAGNETO. IT APPEARS THE RIVET ATTACHING THE PAWL TO THE HUB ASSEMBLY HAD…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · nut · misinstalledApr 16, 2002
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, MAIN AXLE NUTS WERE INSTALLED BACKWARDS. ONLY WAY COTTER KEY HOLES WOULD ALIGN, WAS TO BACK OFF NUT TO WHERE MAIN WHEEL WAS NOT TIGHT ON AXLE. ONLY THING RETAINING WHEEL ONTO AXLE WAS BRAKE ASSEMBLY. MAIN AXLE TABS WERE DEEPLY GROOVED BY WHEEL BEARINGS.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · trunnion · brokenApr 16, 2002
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND NOSE STRUT HOUSING BOSS WHERE LOWER DRAG LINK ATTACHES, BROKEN. HALF OF BOSS WAS MISSING, THE ASSEMBLY WAS SO COVERED WITH GREASE, MISSING PORTION OF BOSS WASNT VISABLE UNTIL CLEANED OFF. UNKNOWN HOW LONG HAD BEEN WHEN, SPECULATE, HARD LANDING OR MISRIGGED SYSTEM…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
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- Exhaust · muffler · damagedApr 16, 2002
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, CRACK AROUND REAR MUFFLER LEFT HAND STEEL TUBE FOUND. STEEL TUBE AND MUFFLER INTERNAL FLAME TUBE COULD BE PULLED OUT OF MUFFLER END. BOTH MUFFLER INTERNAL FLAME TUBES FOUND DISTORTED, WHEN VIEWED FROM TAIL PIPE. REAR MUFFLER TT IN SERVICE IS 1409 HOURS. FRONT MUFFLER TT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine oil · impeller · wornApr 16, 2002
DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION, FOUND OIL PUMP ASSEMBLY CONTAINED ALUMINUM DRIVEN IMPELLER AND INTERNAL IRON DRIVEN IMPELLER. AD REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THESE IMPELLERS. TBO, HAD MISTAKENLY BEEN CARRIED FORWARD. REPLACEMENT PAST DUE BY 690 HOURS AND 18 MONTHS. MODERATE TO SEVERE WEAR ON DRIVE IMPELLERS…
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