Twin piston

N81ED

1979 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1979
Serial
31-7952220
Class
Twin piston
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Nav-Pete LLC (LLC)
Based
Memphis, TN
Registration record

N81ED on the FAA register

Type
1979 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA: Piper PA-31-350)
Serial
31-7952220
Engines
2 × Lycoming TIO-540 series
Registered owner
Nav-Pete LLC
Memphis, TN
Certificate issued
2020-10-30
Airworthiness date
1979-09-25
Registration expires
2027-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AB076B
Mode S (octal)
52603553
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-10-30
    Certificate of registration issued as N81ED.
  • 1979-09-25
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N81ED

N81ED is a 1979 Piper Navajo Chieftain (FAA model PA-31-350), serial number 31-7952220. The FAA register lists Nav-Pete LLC as the registrant in Memphis, Tennessee. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 30, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027.

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 September 25, 1979.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N81ED.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N81ED.

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.