N8243S
Piper PA-28-161 · built 1982
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 2 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Mexico on December 1, 1980.
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
- April 5, 1985Accident
THE STUDENT PLT & INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE PRACTICING TOUCH-&-GO LANDINGS. THE CFI REPORTED THAT AFTER ABOUT 1 HR OF FLT, THE ENG LOST POWER AFTER A TOUCH-&-GO AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU ABOUT 200 TO 300 FT AGL. A TOWN & SOME BLDGS WERE AHEAD, SO THE CFI MADE A 180 DEG TURN TO TRY TO REACH THE ONLY AVAILABLE FIELD.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1982 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8243S.
- July 24, 1967Accident
Improper Operation Of Flight Controls