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N780GC

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1978 Piper PA-31 · Lycoming TI0-540 series

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Registered owner
Air Eye Md LLC
Location
Carolina, PR, RQ
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
317812069
Year built
1978
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Reciprocating
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
August 7, 1997
Certificate issued
March 20, 2025
Expires
March 31, 2032
Mode S code
AA911F
Piper PA-31Airframe model · 8 seats · 2 engines · 26 registeredTCDS A20SOAirframe · Piper PA-31TCDS E14EAEngine · Lycoming TI0-540 series

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. The registry lists only the engine series, so ADs for every Lycoming TI0-540 model are included below.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 113

Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

1967In forceSuperseded2026
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Information bulletins that may apply · 16

Advisory, not mandatory.

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NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N780GCMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model. Investigations from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Investigations on Piper PA-31 aircraft

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model.

Incident 20090806015279ICruise/Level Flight · Independence, KS(-23) Enroute to wiley post (kpwa) from alma municipal airport (K36V), 17 miles north of Independence, Kansas, the aircraft experienced an engine fire on the l/h engine. The pilot shut off the fuel, feathered the prop and shut down the left hand engine. He…Aug 6, 2009 · Minor damage

Service difficulty reports · 1

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SDR 2009FA0000758Hose · crackedWHILE IN FLIGHT, PILOT OBSERVED FLAMES EMITTING FROM LOUVER OF LT INBD UPPER COWLING. PILOT SHUTOFF FUEL TO LT ENG AND SHUTDOWN SAME, WHICH EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. PILOT LANDED AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE AIRPORT. UPON INSP BY MX THE FUEL SUPPLY LINE (PN 156F0038DAug 6, 2009 · N780GC · Piper PA31310 · Engine Fuel Distribution

STCs that may be installed · 292

Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.

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