Twin piston

N42HT

1978 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
31-7852106
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
P&M Partners LLC (LLC)
Based
Sumter, SC
Registration record

N42HT on the FAA register

Type
1978 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA: Piper PA-31-350)
Serial
31-7852106
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
P&M Partners LLC
Sumter, SC
Certificate issued
2025-04-30
Airworthiness date
1978-06-10
Registration expires
2032-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A4FA07
Mode S (octal)
51175007
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-04-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N42HT.
  • 1978-06-10
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N42HT

N42HT is a 1978 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA model PA-31-350), serial number 31-7852106. The FAA register lists P&M Partners LLC as the registrant in Sumter, South Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 30, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032.

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 June 10, 1978.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N42HT.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N42HT.

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.