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Piper PA-38-112: fleet, age & accident history

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.

441currently registered
47average age (years)
1978median model year
2seats
1engines

Accident-rate context

104.3NTSB events per 1,000 registered
46NTSB 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-38-112 aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Piper PA-38-112 aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

StateRegistered
Florida 55
Texas 53
California 31
North Carolina 23
Tennessee 22
Georgia 15

Piper PA-38-112 airframes with a public accident record

These Piper PA-38-112 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.

Other Piper models

Was this Piper PA-38-112 ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Piper PA-38-112 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.

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