# N81SM: Piper PA-42, registration cancelled 1995-09-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 12, 1995
- Status when cancelled: Second triennial mailing, no response
- Airframe: [Piper PA-42](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42) (registry code 7104202)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A23SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A23SO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 428001007
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: December 16, 1985
- Last registry action: January 21, 1989
- Mode S code: AB089F
- Owner when cancelled: [1st Texas Turbine Acft Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/1ST%20TEXAS%20TURBINE%20ACFT%20CORP)
- Location: [Burnet, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Burnet)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 30.8011° N, 98.2835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 78611, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81SM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=81SM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81SM-1995-09-12

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.

ADs and bulletins for the Piper PA-42: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-42.md

## 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 FTW87FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA061), Feb 7, 1987: Piper PA-42 (N81SM), Horseshoe Bay, TX, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 19870207002379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870207002379A), Feb 7, 1987: Piper PA42 (N81SM), Marble Falls, TX, Destroyed. Tried takeoff parking brake on. Overheated brakes. Wore down tires skidded 3000FT off end down hill into trees.

## Other aircraft with N81SM

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81SM): American Champion 7GCBC, S/N 1402-2005, built 2005

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