N548C — 2001 Piper PA 46-350P

Aircraft record

Serial number

4636322

Manufacturer

Piper

Model

PA 46-350P

Year

2001

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming Ti0-540 Ser

Registration

Deregistered

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Accident & incident history

1. ERA11FA070Nov 24, 2010Destin, FLFatal · 3 fatal

   Controlled flight into water due to the pilot's improper descent below the published minimum descent altitude.

2. ERA09LA471Aug 16, 2009Sanford, FLNo injuries

   The fatigue cracking at the point the nose landing gear actuator attaches to the mount resulting in separation of the actuator and partial collapse of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the lack of specific inspection guidance for scheduled maintenance to find and/or identify fatigue cracking in the welded actuator attach points of the newly designed mounts.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 2001 Piper PA 46-350P).

1. Oct 13, 2016deregistered — Coleman Acquisitions Llc

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N548C was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 2001 Piper PA 46-350P above.

• until Dec 11, 19641947 Stinson 108-3 (s/n 108-3548)

Frequently asked

Has N548C been in an accident?

Yes. N548C appears in 2 NTSB accident records, the most recent in 2010.

What kind of aircraft is N548C?

N548C is a 2001 Piper PA 46-350P (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 4636322.

Has N548C been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N548C (ERA11FA070) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.