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Piper PA-25-260: fleet, age & accident history

Name: Piper PA-25-260 — US fleet registrations and NTSB accident history
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Aggregate figures from the FAA Aircraft Registry (current US civil registrations) and the NTSB Aviation Accident Database. No individual owners are named on this page.

47currently registered

56average age (years)

1968median model year

1seats

1engines

Accident-rate context

170.2NTSB events per 1,000 registered

8NTSB events (1982–2026)

NTSB-recorded events (loaded window) involving aircraft currently registered as this model, per 1,000 currently registered. Not a safety ranking; older events and deregistered aircraft are not counted.

Where Piper PA-25-260 aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Piper PA-25-260 aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

State	Registered
Florida	13
California	6
North Dakota	4
Arizona	3
Wisconsin	2
Washington	2

Piper PA-25-260 airframes with a public accident record

These Piper PA-25-260 aircraft are currently registered and carry at least one NTSB accident or incident record. Marked entries have a record filed under a different tail number — found by manufacturer serial number, which a search on the current N-number alone cannot surface.

N454AB 1974 · 3 records prior tail number
N424BY 1968 · 2 records prior tail number
N169AB 1968 · 2 records
N4926Y 1968 · 1 record
N4988Y 1968 · 1 record

Other Piper models

PA-28-140 · 4,262 registered
PA-28-180 · 3,508 registered
J3C-65 · 3,185 registered
PA-28-181 · 2,931 registered
PA-18-150 · 2,052 registered
PA-28-161 · 1,496 registered
PA-12 · 1,239 registered
PA-28R-200 · 1,224 registered

Was this Piper PA-25-260 ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Piper PA-25-260 that was wrecked, rebuilt, and re-registered under a new N-number shows clean on every one of them. The accident stays filed under the tail the airframe wore at the time. The $79 report cross-matches by manufacturer serial number to surface that hidden history — plus every registrant on record, registration expiry, recent FAA filings (the lien signal), and the full NTSB narrative for each event. Delivered instantly, no account, no ads.

Look up a Piper PA-25-260 by tail number What's in the $79 report

This is an informational report compiled from public FAA and NTSB records. It is not a title search, lien abstract, or airworthiness determination, and does not replace a pre-purchase inspection. Liens and encumbrances require the certified FAA records — not included in the instant report.

source: FAA Aircraft Registry source: NTSB FAA data as of 2026-08-17 computed 2026-08-24