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N78GA

Cancelled 2018
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Deregistered aircraft · 1983 Piper PA-31-350 · Lycoming IO-540 series

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Cancelled
February 16, 2018
Status when cancelled
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Serial number
31-8352030
Year built
1983
Type
Fixed wing multi engine
Engine
Reciprocating
Airworthiness
Standard, normal
Airworthiness date
October 6, 2000
Certificate issued
October 27, 2004
Last registry action
November 6, 2012
Mode S code
AA8EC4
Owner when cancelled
Grant Aviation Inc
Location
Anchorage, AK
Owner type
Corporation
Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350TCDS A20SO · ADs, bulletins and aircraft registered nowEngine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesTCDS 1E4 · Reciprocating

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners’ street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N78GA and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

Incident 20051014027119INormal Cruise · Bethel, AK(-23) During cruise flight the right engine quit. The pilot tried to restart the engine but could not get it going again so he secured it and flew into Bethel with the right engine feathered.Oct 14, 2005

Service difficulty reports · 4

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

SDR ENHA2005PA310Pump · malfunctionedIN FLIGHT RT ENG SHUTDOWN. PILOT ATTEMPT AIR RESTART, UNABLE TO AIR START, SECURED ENG, LANDED, 1 ENG OPERATING. OBSERVED FUEL STREAMING OFF OF RT WING, OBSERVED FUEL IND (QTY) DROPPING FASTER THAN LT IND, R ENG SPUTTERED, SHUTDOWN. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAOct 14, 2005 · N78GA · Piper PA31350 · Fuel Boost PumpSDR ENHA0510Alternator · failedALTERNATOR NOT CHARGING.Mar 27, 2005 · N78GA · Piper PA31350 · AC Generation SystemSDR ENHA0506Alternator · failedALTERNATOR FAILED.Dec 30, 2004 · N78GA · Piper PA31350 · AC Generation SystemSDR ENHA2003P3101Engine · contaminatedDURING TAKE-OFF ROLL AND INITIAL CLIMB PASSENGERS NOTIFIED PIC OF SMOKE/HAZE IN THE CABIN. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED FOR LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN DEICED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT DEICE FLUDec 7, 2003 · N78GA · Piper PA31350 · Heating System