Twin piston

N79LD

1982 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1982
Serial
31-8252062
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tcb Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Evansville, IN
Registration record

N79LD on the FAA register

Type
1982 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA: Piper PA-31-350)
Serial
31-8252062
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
Tcb Aviation LLC
Evansville, IN
Certificate issued
2025-05-05
Airworthiness date
1982-05-29
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AAB6AA
Mode S (octal)
52533252
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).
  • 2025-05-05
    Certificate of registration issued as N79LD.
  • 1982-05-29
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N79LD

N79LD is a 1982 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA model PA-31-350), serial number 31-8252062. The FAA register lists Tcb Aviation LLC as the registrant in Evansville, Indiana. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 5, 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 29, 1982.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N79LD.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N79LD.

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.