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Piper PA-14: fleet, age & accident history

Name: Piper PA-14 — 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.

99currently registered

78average age (years)

1948median model year

4seats

1engines

Accident-rate context

272.7NTSB events per 1,000 registered

27NTSB 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-14 aircraft are registered

Count of currently registered Piper PA-14 aircraft by registration state (FAA). Aggregate counts only.

State	Registered
Alaska	57
Minnesota	6
North Dakota	5
Washington	4
Idaho	4
Colorado	4

Piper PA-14 airframes with a public accident record

These Piper PA-14 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.

N5188H 1949 · 3 records
N5402H 1949 · 3 records
N4214H · 2 records
N4226H · 2 records
N4276H 1948 · 2 records
N4290H · 2 records
N4292H 1948 · 2 records
N5114H 1948 · 2 records
N5135H 1948 · 2 records
N372T 1948 · 1 record
N1493H · 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-14 ever wrecked under a different tail number?

The free registries search by current tail number — so a Piper PA-14 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-14 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