N8RYPiper PA-42
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19825 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 18, 2026- Registered owner
- Aviation Sales & Charter LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Dover, DE
- Certificate issued
- Apr 14, 2023
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Feb 10, 1983
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-42
- Serial number
- 42-8001036
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 11
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AADEB9
Engine
- Make and model
- P&W Canada Pt6a-60a
- Type
- Turbo-prop
- Power
- 1050 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2023 – nowAviation Sales & Charter LLCDover, DE · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 18, 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 (5)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-13-06 R1 | Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes | Nov 3, 2011 | Airframe (PA-42)Only with: Equipped with a baggage door in the fuselage nose section (nose baggage door). |
| 2002-23-13 | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A Series Turboprop Engines | Dec 31, 2002 | Engine (PT6A-60A)Only with: Engines with turbine exhaust ducts P/N 3012290, 3031988, 3032117, 3035784, 3035786, 3105890-01, 3112167-01, or 3111780-01 installed. |
| 2000-14-08 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-42 Series Airplanes | Aug 21, 2000 | Airframe (PA-42)Only with: Equipped with pneumatic deicing boots. |
| 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-42) |
| 97-26-12 | The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA- 31T, PA-31T1, PA-31T2, PA-31T3, PA-42… | Dec 18, 1997 | Airframe (PA-42) |
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.
- Air conditioning and pressurization · connector · meltedMay 30, 2011
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PIC NOTED A HOT ELECTRICAL ODOR AND MINOR SMOKE IN THE RT SIDE COCKPIT AREA. THE PIC EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY DECENT AND DEPRESSURIZED THE CABIN FOR VENTILATION. THE FLIGHT WAS DIVERTED TO AN ALTERNATE (CLOSER) AIRPORT AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. IT WAS DISCOVERED BY MX THAT THE…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Navigation · connector · burntJun 3, 1996
PILOT REPORTED ERRONEOUS RIGHT STALL WARNING AND A MOMENTARY 'PUFF' OF SMOKE FROM RT INSTRUMENT PANEL. INSPECTION REVEALED PRESSURE BULKHEAD AREA BURNED. (CONNECTOR NR E339/439.) CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED AND GOLD PLATED PINS AND SOCKETS INSTALLED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 18, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 18, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026