# N4078L: 1980 Piper PA-31-350, registration cancelled 2002-07-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 30, 2002
- Exported to: Mexico
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Piper PA-31-350](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (registry code 7103110)
- Engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A20SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A20SO), [TCDS E14EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E14EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 31-8152060
- Year built: 1980
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: January 28, 1981
- Certificate issued: November 14, 1991
- Last registry action: November 14, 2000
- Mode S code: A4CA1D
- Owner when cancelled: [Crow Executive Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CROW%20EXECUTIVE%20AIR%20INC)
- Location: [Millbury, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Millbury)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.5677° N, 83.4332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 43447, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4078L
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4078L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4078L-2002-07-30

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Piper PA-31-350: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350.md

## Service difficulty reports (2)

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

- [SDR 20010511CW004](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/20010511CW004), Apr 27, 2001: GASKET. LEAKING. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE OCCURRED IN LEFT ENGINE. EXAMINATION FOUND THE FUEL PUMP RELIEF VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKING FUEL. AD AND SB HAD BEE
- [SDR 97ZZZX3681](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3681), Jul 30, 1997: CONNECTOR. BURNT. DURING AN EVENT INSPECTION, SB 1004 WAS C/W. THE FINDINGS OF THE INSPECTION MIRRORED THAT OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN, IN THAT, YES, THE CONNECTOR WAS BURNT AND HAD

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC01IA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01IA126), Apr 20, 2001: Piper PA-31-350 (N4078L), Newark, OH, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The company maintenance personnel's failure to comply with the service bulletin, which resulted in a fuel boost pump leakage and subsequent fire during taxi. A factor was the manufacturer's confusing…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Incident 20010420012319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010420012319I), Apr 20, 2001: Piper PA31350 (N4078L), Newark, OH, Minor damage. (-23) On April 20, 2001, at approximately 1400 EDT, during landing rollout at Newark-Heath Airport, (vta) Heath, OH, on a flight conducted under 14 CFR part…
- [Incident 19940719029959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940719029959I), Jul 19, 1994: Piper PA31350 (N4078L), Rochester, NY. Narrative: on July 19, 1994, at 0815 EDT, a Piper, PA-31, N4078L, operated by crow executive air charter, inc., during descent to land on runway 25 at…

## Other aircraft with N4078L

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4078L): Zipline International P2 ZIP, S/N 18735P2767

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