N8262U
Piper PA-28-181 · built 1980
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on September 30, 1974.
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
- September 16, 1985Accident
THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING THROUGH THE TOP OF A TREE, THEN THROUGH A FOUR STRAND HIGH VOLTAGE PWR LINE. FINAL IMPACT WAS RELATIVELY FLAT IN A SOY-BEAN FIELD. THE PLT LATER STATED THAT HE HAD BECOME DISORIENTED IN FLT AND HALLUCINATED THAT HE WAS IN A PIPER J-3 ACFT INSTEAD OF A PIPER ARCHER.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1980 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8262U.
- October 25, 1968Accident
Became Lost/Disoriented; Improper In-Flight Decisions Or Planning. Factors: Inadequate Preflight Preparation And/Or Planning