Twin piston

N59FC

1979 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
31-7952117
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Lamb Farms Inc (Corporation)
Based
Oakfield, NY
Registration record

N59FC on the FAA register

Type
1979 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA: Piper PA-31-350)
Serial
31-7952117
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
Lamb Farms Inc
Oakfield, NY
Certificate issued
2019-05-21
Airworthiness date
1979-04-28
Registration expires
2029-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A79B8E
Mode S (octal)
51715616
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2029-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2019-05-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N59FC to the current registrant.
  • 1998-09-17
    N59FC previously assigned to a Lake LA 4/200 Buccaneer (s/n 997); cancelled.
  • 1979-04-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N59FC

N59FC is a 1979 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA model PA-31-350), serial number 31-7952117. The FAA register lists Lamb Farms Inc as the registrant in Oakfield, New York. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 21, 2019 and expires on May 31, 2029.

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 April 28, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N59FC. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1987-08-16 Accident · Grafton, WV Damage: Destroyed Serious injury NTSB · BFO87LA059
Reported aircraft: Lake LA-4-200 — a different aircraft that carried the N59FC registration before this airframe.

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.