Piper PA-38-112
N2438L is a Piper PA-38-112, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 1979. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rexburg, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 7, 2006 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated February 26, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-38-112 · all PA-38-112s and related versions
- Serial number
- 38-79A0703
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Four-cycle piston, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 183 mph
- Transponder code
- A23E9F (octal 50437237)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 7, 2006
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · February 26, 1979
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00292632
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hart Lewis W
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- PO Box 633
Rexburg, ID 83440-0633
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N2438L, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Hart Lewis W, an individual, certificate issued June 7, 2006, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated February 26, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 38-79A0703 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N2438L according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N2438L: Accident on March 11, 1998 at Dubois, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 12, 1993 at Burley, ID: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-38-112 · operated under 091
The student pilot's misjudgment of altitude/clearance and overloading of the nose gear. A contributing factor was the snow-covered turf runway.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA98LA043 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-38 · operated under 091
LANDING ON THE WRONG RUNWAY AND AN IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN. LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE IN TYPE OF OPERATION WAS A FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA93LA077 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data