- Registered owner
- Liberty University School Of Aeronautics
- Location
- Lynchburg, VA
- Owner type
- Corporation
- Serial number
- 4496372
- Year built
- 2014
- Type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine
- Reciprocating
- Airworthiness
- Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date
- December 4, 2014
- Certificate issued
- January 8, 2015
- Expires
- January 31, 2028
- Mode S code
- AA9901
From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.
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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 49
Matched by this aircraft’s airframe and engine models. Each AD’s applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.
| 1963 | 1 |
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| 1967 | 1 |
| 1969 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1979 | 4 |
| 1980 | 4 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Airframe · Piper PA-44-180
AD 2024-10-04Wing, Attach FittingsAD 2022-03-15Fuel Quantity IndicatorAD 2015-26-08Rudder Control SystemInformation bulletins that may apply · 17
Advisory, not mandatory.
See all 19 bulletins
NTSB investigations
No NTSB investigations matched to N782LUMatched 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-44-180 aircraft
FAA incident reports
No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N782LUMatched by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model. Reports from before this aircraft carried the mark are under Earlier aircraft. Reports on Piper PA-44-180 aircraft
Service difficulty reports · 7
Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.
SDR 2018FA0000424Relief Valve · obstructedDURING FLIGHT, FLIGHT CREW GOT A RT ENGINE LOW OIL PRESSURE WARNING AND MASTER CAUTION. CREW RETURNED AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY TO BASE. UPON TROUBLE SHOOTING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A SMALL WASHER WAS LODGED IN THE RT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE.SDR 2016FA0000536Pushrod · abnormalDURING SECOND INSPECTION IAW SA-167 FOLLOWING ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND: CYLINDER NR 3 EXHAUST PUSHROD ROCKER ARM END AND ROCKER ARM WERE ABNORMALLY WORN. CYLINDER NR 4 INTAKE PUSHROD ROCKER ARM END AND ROCKER ARM WERE ABNORMALLY WORN. ENGINE TOTAL TIME: 10SDR 2016FA0000535Pushrod · wornON THE 25 HOUR INSPECTION (2ND) INSPECTION IAW SA-167 THE FOLLOWING ABNORMALITIES WERE FOUND: CYLINDER NR 3 EXHAUST PUSHROD ROCKER ARM END AND ROCKER ARM WERE ABNORMALLY WORN. ENGINE TOTAL TIME: 3550.8 HRS. ENGINE TIME SINCE OVERHAUL: 25.9 HRS.SDR 2016FA0000465Pushrod · damagedDURING VISUAL INSPECTION, ROCKER ARMS OF THE LT AND RT ENGINE. THE RT ENGINE CYLINDER NR 3 EXHAUST PUSHROD SHOWED ABNORMAL WEAR AT ROCKER ARM END. ENGINE HAS 1044.0 HRS TOTAL TIME SINCE NEW.SDR 2016FA0000424Cylinder Head · crackedDURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND DIFFERENTIAL CYLINDER LEAK CHECK, NR 3 CYLINDER FAILED AND A HISSING NOISE WAS OBSERVED. A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES INBOARD OF BARREL HEAD JOINT ON AFT SIDE OF CYLINDER AT APPROXIMATELY THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITIOSDR L48S2016FA0000446Cylinder · crackedDURING ANNUAL 100 HR INSPECTION, DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE CYLINDER LEAK CHECK OF RT ENGINE, CYLINDER NR 3 FAILED, 0/80 PSI. VISUAL INSPECTION CONFIRMED A VISIBLE CRACK APPROXIMATELY 2" INBD FROM WHERE HEAD AND BARREL MEET AT APPROXIMATELY THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION.SDR L48S2016FA0000449Exhaust Valve · stuckDURING ANNUAL 100 HR INSPECTION OF LT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE PERFORMED A DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE CYLINDER LEAK CHECK, CYLINDER NR 4 FAILED, 0/80 PSI, VISUAL INSPECTION CONFIRMED STUCK EXHAUST VALVE.
STCs that may be installed · 233
Approved for this aircraft’s airframe or engine model. The registry doesn’t record which STCs an aircraft has; its records do.
Airframe · Piper PA-44-180
STC SA02571SEInstallation of Garmin G500/G600 TXi Integrated Avionics System (Primary Flight Display, Multi-Function Display, and Engine Indicating System Display).STC SA01800SEFabrication and installation of new or replacement of existing instrument panel lights dimmer control.STC SA01861SEFabrication and installation of Landing Light Controller
Earlier aircraft with this N-number · 1
This aircraft carried N782LU before the one registered now. The FAA can assign a mark to another aircraft once a registration is cancelled.