N8296Y1967 Piper PA-30
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Bl Aviation Services LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Camden, DE
- Certificate issued
- May 21, 2024
- Expires
- May 31, 2031
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jan 17, 1967
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-30
- Year
- 1967
- Serial number
- 30-1435
- 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
- AB558B
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- 2024 – nowBl Aviation Services LLCCamden, DE · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-15-05 | Air Conditioning | Aug 28, 2017 | Airframe (PA-30) |
| 97-01-01 R1 | 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. |
| 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-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 (2)
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.
- Landing gear · trunnion · crackedMar 3, 1995
FOUND LEFT MAIN GEAR TRUNNION CRACKED FROM BEHIND BRAKE LINE CLAMP HOLE INTO CYLINDER WHERE OLEO WOULD NOT HOLD PRESSURE. WHEN REPLACING STRUT, FOUND STRUT ON THIS TWIN COMANCHE WAS FROM A SINGLE COMANCHE (MUCH LIGHTER CONSTRUCTION). THE OLEO METERING PIN WAS FOUND TO COME FROM A NOSE STRUT. TWIN…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Fuel · solenoid valve · leakingMar 3, 1995
BRITTAIN WING TIP TANKS WERE A PIPER FACTORY OPTION WHEN THIS PLANE WAS NEW. THE O-RING IS INTEGRATED WITH A WASHER, SO IT IS SPECIAL. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GET NEW PARTS, SO THE WHOLE SOLENOID WAS REPLACED BY A STC'D FUEL VALVE.
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