N16255
Piper PA-28-180 · built 1973
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on January 24, 1951.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.
Safety history
- March 1, 1988Accident
THE PIPER PA-28 TOOK OFF FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND HE HAD LOST HIS OIL PRESSURE. THE ENGINE SEIZED AND AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING WAS MADE IN A SNOW COVERED FIELD. POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE VACUUM PUMP PHYSICALLY MISSING FROM THE AIRCRAFT.