N4048P

Cancelled 2018

Deregistered aircraft · 1958 Piper PA-23-160 · Lycoming 0-320 series

Cancelled
January 18, 2018
Status when cancelled
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Serial number
23-1525
Year built
1958
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Reciprocating
Airworthiness
Standard
Certificate issued
December 2, 1999
Last registry action
December 31, 2002
Mode S code
A4BEFB
Owner type
Co-owned

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners’ street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

Service difficulty reports · 5

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

SDR 20010207CW003Stud · brokenDURING REPAIR OF MAJOR OIL LEAK ON LT ENGINE, FOUND NR1 CYLINDER HAD 3 BROKEN STUDS AND ALL BUT 2 OF THE REMAINING HOLD DOWN NUTS HAD BACKED OFF. CYLINDER ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE SOON LEFT THE CRANKCASE. 3 STUDS WERE REPLACED AND ALL CLYINDER HOLD DOWNS RE-TORQUDec 12, 2000 · N4048P · Piper PA23160 · Reciprocating Engine Power SectionSDR 20010206CW001Primer Line · brokenWHILE REPAIRING MASSIVE EXHAUST LEAK ON LEFT ENGINE THE CYLINDER PRIMER LINE WAS FOUND BROKEN IN HALF AND ANOTHER FUEL PRIMER LINE FOUND CHAFED. RAW FUEL AND MASSIVE EXHAUST LEAK COULD CAUSE ENGINE FIRE. NEW LINES INSTALLED. AC HAD RECENT ANNUAL.Dec 12, 2000 · N4048P · Piper PA23160 · Aircraft Fuel Distribution SystemSDR 20010205CW021Tube · misinstalledAC RETURNED TO AIRPORT DUE TO NOTICEABLE OIL LEAKAGE APPEARING ON LEFT WING AND COWLING. 4 QUARTS OF OIL MISSING WHEN MAINTENANCE CK ENGINE. FOUND OIL DIPSTICK TUBE HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY SAFETIED AND LOOSENED, ALLOWING OIL TO ESCAPE. OTHER ENGINE TUBE WAS ALDec 12, 2000 · N4048P · Piper PA23160 · Reciprocating Engine Oil SystemSDR 20010205CW020Truss · brokenWHILE PERFORMING OTHER MAINTENANCE ON RT ENGINE, TECH NOTICED BROKEN ENGINE TRUSS. TRUSS MEMBER COMPLETELY BROKEN IN HALF. CAUSE OF FAILURE BELIEVED TO BE SEVERE CORROSION ON THE INSIDE OF THE STEEL TUBE CONSTRUCTED TRUSS MEMBERS. SUGGEST REPLACING WHOLE LADec 12, 2000 · N4048P · Piper PA23160 · Engine Mount SectionSDR 20010205CW017Exhaust Stack · brokenDURING REPAIR OF MASSIVE OIL LEAK ON LEFT ENGINE, FOUND EXHAUST STACK MISSING ON NR3 CYLINDER. STACK BROKEN AT FLANGE AND WAS LYING IN COWL. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FLYING THIS WAY FOR SEVERAL HOURS. STACK ON NR2 CYLINDER WAS CRACK MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AT FLANGE.Dec 12, 2000 · N4048P · Piper PA23160 · Engine Collector/Tailpipe/Nozzle