N81291 — 1979 Piper PA-34-200T

Aircraft record

Serial number

34-8070037

Manufacturer

Piper

Model

PA-34-200T

Year

1979

Category

Fixed wing multi-engine

Engine

Cont Motor Tsio-360 Ser

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N81291 →

Accident & incident history

1. ERA15FA088Jan 2, 2015Kuttawa, KYFatal · 4 fatal

   The pilot's failure to properly set the left engine fuel selector before takeoff and to recognize the incorrect setting during the flight, which resulted in fuel starvation and a loss of engine power on both engines.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1979 Piper PA-34-200T).

1. Aug 28, 2015deregistered — Fro-gutz Air Llc

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N81291 was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1979 Piper PA-34-200T above.

• until Oct 26, 1970Fairchild 24W-46 (s/n W46191)

Frequently asked

Has N81291 been in an accident?

Yes. N81291 appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2015.

What kind of aircraft is N81291?

N81291 is a 1979 Piper PA-34-200T (fixed wing multi-engine), serial number 34-8070037.

Has N81291 been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N81291 (ERA15FA088) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.