Twin piston

N8063M

1978 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
31-7852023
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Friar Aerospace Group LLC (LLC)
Based
Jacksonville, FL
Registration record

N8063M on the FAA register

Type
1978 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA: Piper PA-31-350)
Serial
31-7852023
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
Friar Aerospace Group LLC
Jacksonville, FL
Certificate issued
2026-08-21
Airworthiness date
1990-10-09
Registration expires
2033-08-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AAFAF4
Mode S (octal)
52575364
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-08-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-08-21
    Certificate of registration issued as N8063M to the current registrant.
  • 1990-10-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1989-11-22
    N8063M previously assigned to a Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters / R22 BETA Piston Helicopters / R22B Piston Helicopters (s/n 1184); cancelled.
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
Overview

About N8063M

N8063M is a 1978 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA model PA-31-350), serial number 31-7852023. The FAA register lists Friar Aerospace Group LLC as the registrant in Jacksonville, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on August 21, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033.

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 9, 1990.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8063M. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1966-04-05 Accident · Houston Tex, 43 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 0794
Reported aircraft: Cessna 310 — a different aircraft that carried the N8063M 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.