Twin piston

N101MA

1977 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1977
Serial
31-7752186
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Pablo Air Charters LLC (LLC)
Based
New Freedom, PA
Registration record

N101MA on the FAA register

Type
1977 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA: Piper PA-31-350)
Serial
31-7752186
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
Pablo Air Charters LLC
New Freedom, PA
Certificate issued
2020-10-21
Airworthiness date
1977-10-08
Registration expires
2027-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A0097F
Mode S (octal)
50004577
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-01-18
    Accident at Middlefield, OH; damage: substantial.
  • 2020-10-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N101MA to the current registrant.
  • 1984-07-06
    N101MA previously assigned to a Murrayair MA-1 (s/n 001); cancelled.
  • 1977-10-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N101MA

N101MA is a 1977 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA model PA-31-350), serial number 31-7752186. The FAA register lists Pablo Air Charters LLC as the registrant in New Freedom, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 21, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a twin piston, two Lycoming TIO-540 series engines and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated October 8, 1977.

N101MA has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 5 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2023-01-18 Accident · Middlefield, OH Damage: Substantial NTSB · ERA23LA112
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-31-350
Probable cause: A runway overrun during a precautionary landing following a total loss of right engine power due to detonation and subsequent oil starvation. Contributing was the pilot s failure to lower the flaps and the excessive airspeed at touchdown.
1983-03-24 Accident · Nr Lihue Arpt, HI Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · LAX83FJA05
Reported aircraft: Murrayair MA1B — a different aircraft that carried the N101MA registration before this airframe.
1981-05-04 Accident · Hanamaulu,Hi, 11 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1131
Reported aircraft: Emair MA-1B — a different aircraft that carried the N101MA registration before this airframe.
1978-05-31 Accident · Keaau,Hi, 11 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1146
Reported aircraft: Emair MA1B — a different aircraft that carried the N101MA registration before this airframe.
1972-01-26 Accident · Barbers Pt,Hawaii, 11 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0553
Reported aircraft: Murrayair MA-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N101MA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FOR SAFE ABORT. RAN INTO CANE FLD. HI TIME ENG.
1971-01-08 Accident · Waipahu,Hawaii, 11 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0816
Reported aircraft: Murrayair MA-1 — a different aircraft that carried the N101MA registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: TO REMAIN CLOSED.SPRAYING SUGAR BEETS.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.