N2048X
Piper Aircraft INC PA-28-161 · built 2010
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Hungary on July 12, 2006.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2010 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N2048X.
- May 15, 1982Accident
WHILE ENROUTE TO REFUEL THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND ELECTED TO AUTOROTATE TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED FORWARD THEN BACK ON LANDING AND THE MAIN ROTOR SEVERED THE TAILBOOM. INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH FUEL FLOW SWITCHES WERE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE LEFT BOOST PUMP WAS INOPERATIVE.