Twin piston

N45002

1980 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1980
Serial
31-8052161
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
New England Aviation Air Charters LLC (LLC)
Based
Plainville, CT
Registration record

N45002 on the FAA register

Type
1980 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA: Piper PA-31-350)
Serial
31-8052161
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
New England Aviation Air Charters LLC
Plainville, CT
Certificate issued
2025-05-13
Airworthiness date
1980-05-23
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A5748F
Mode S (octal)
51272217
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-13
    Certificate of registration issued as N45002 to the current registrant.
  • 1980-05-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1971-03-29
    N45002 previously assigned to a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 (s/n 2768); cancelled.
Overview

About N45002

N45002 is a 1980 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA model PA-31-350), serial number 31-8052161. The FAA register lists New England Aviation Air Charters LLC as the registrant in Plainville, Connecticut. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 13, 2025 and expires on May 31, 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 May 23, 1980.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N45002.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N45002.

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.