Registered owner
Papaco LLC
Owner type
LLC
Serial number
421C0291
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Reciprocating
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
December 9, 1999
Certificate issued
October 21, 2020
Expires
October 31, 2027
Mode S code
AB087E

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026.

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Airworthiness directives that may apply · 33

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

1972In forceSuperseded2026
ADs by the year they took effect: 36 ADs
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Information bulletins that may apply · 10

Advisory, not mandatory.

Historical bulletins · 2

NTSB investigations

No NTSB investigations matched to N81RDMatched 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 Cessna 421C aircraft

FAA incident reports

No FAA accident or incident reports matched to N81RDMatched 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 Cessna 421C aircraft

Service difficulty reports · 5

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

SDR 2000ZZZX111Capacitor · failedUPON INITIAL INSTALLATION OF FACTORY REBUILT COMBUSTION HEATER ASSEMBLY, ATTEMPTED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF HEATER. ATTEMPTED TO ENERGIZE HEATER IGNITION CIRCUIT RESULTED IN IMMEDIATE TRIP OF HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKER. FOUND CAPACITOR SHORTED. PART TOTAL TIME UNKNODec 23, 1999 · N81RD · Cessna 421C · Heating SystemSDR 99ZZZX2378Bearing Plate · misinstalledAFTER HAVING BEEN ALERTED TO THE POSSIBILITY BY PUBLISHED REPORTS, INSPECTED LOWER RUDDER PIVOT BEARING SUPPORT PLATE AND FOUND IT TO HAVE BEEN INSTALLED UPSIDE DOWN. RECORDS INDICATE THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FACTORY INSTALLATION.May 26, 1999 · N81RD · Cessna 421C · Rudder StructureSDR 99ZZZX1358Line · chafedTHIS AIRCRAFT INCORPORATES PRATT & WHITNEY PT6-135A ENGINES INSTALLED IAW STC SA136150. INSPECTION REVEALED SEVERE CHAFING OF THE SECONDARY FUEL PRESSURE TUBE ASSEMBLIES OF BOTH ENGINES APPROXIMATEY 2.50 INCHES AFT OF THE TUBE FORWARD ENDS DUE TO CONTACT WITH Mar 2, 1999 · N81RD · Cessna 421C · Aircraft Fuel Distribution SystemSDR 99ZZZX1049Window · crackedDURING AIRFRAME REFURBISHMENT, EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW WAS FOUND CRACKED AND BROKEN BETWEEN PERIPHERY OF WINDOW AND SCREW HOLES AT 6 CONSECUTIVE HOLE LOCATIONS. RETAINER RING HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED. DAMAGE WAS NOT APPARENT UNTIL RING WAS REMOVED FOR WINFeb 26, 1999 · N81RD · Cessna 421C · Passenger Compartment WindowsSDR 99ZZZX1048Window · crackedDURING DISASSEMBLY FOR AIRFRAME REFURBISHMENT, WINDOWS AT LT PILOT SIDE (PN 511160503) AND AT CABIN DOOR, LT MOST AFT, RT EMERGECY EXIT, RT IMMEDIATELY AFT OF EMERG EXIT, RT TWO MOST AFT WERE FOUND TO HAVE COMPRESSION TYPE 'FLAKING AND CHIPPING' DAMAGE AND/OR Feb 26, 1999 · N81RD · Cessna 421C · Passenger Compartment Windows

STCs that may be installed · 258

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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