N43078 — 1974 Piper PA-28-140

Aircraft record

Serial number

28-7425332

Manufacturer

Piper

Model

PA-28-140

Year

1974

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming 0-320 Series

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N43078 →

Accident & incident history

1. ERA15LA237Jun 14, 2015Hampton, NHSerious

   The pilot’s failure to properly set the stabilator trim prior to takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall during takeoff.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1974 Piper PA-28-140).

1. Aug 29, 2017deregistered — Gagnon Ronald L

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N43078 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1974 Piper PA-28-140 above.

• until Feb 29, 1956Taylorcraft BC12-D (s/n 6737)

Frequently asked

Has N43078 been in an accident?

Yes. N43078 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2015.

What kind of aircraft is N43078?

N43078 is a 1974 Piper PA-28-140 (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 28-7425332.