Piper PA-24-250 — registry & accident history
Compiled from FAA & NTSB records · as of Jul 18, 2026
There are 2,335 Piper PA-24-250 airframes on record (built 1954–1968), 1,219 currently registered. 110 have one or more NTSB accident records (112 records total, 30 with a fatal highest-injury classification). Data as of Jul 18, 2026.
Recent Piper PA-24-250 accidents
The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed during takeoff and exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain.
The pilot's failure to ensure the landing gear was down and locked before landing.
The pilot’s failure to ensure that the landing gear was properly extended before landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s unfamiliarity with the landing gear warning horn and failure to verify the gear was extended with the cockpit position indicators.
The pilots’ mismanagement of the available fuel, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.
