Piper PA-28-180 — Airworthiness Directives & records checklist
3,451 Piper PA-28-180s are on the U.S. registry. Here’s what a records review covers for one — the Airworthiness Directives that apply, the known trouble spots, and the checklist a buyer or owner should hold every logbook against.
Airworthiness Directives that apply to the Piper PA-28-180
- one-timeAD 2013-02075 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Aircraft, Inc. · 2013-02-04
We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. (type certificate previously held by The New Piper Aircraft Inc.) PA-28, PA-32, PA-34, and PA-44 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of control cable assembly failures that may lead to fail…
- one-timeAD 05-18525 — Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc., Models PA-28-160, PA-28-161, PA-28-180, and PA-28-181 Airplanes · 2005-09-21
The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Piper) Models PA-28-160, PA-28-161, PA- 28-180, and PA-28-181 airplanes that incorporate Petersen Aviation, Inc. Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA2660CE installed between April 20, 19…
- one-timeAD 86-17-01 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Model PA-28-150/160, PA-28-180, PA-28-181, PA-28-235, PA-28-236, PA-28-201T, PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-28R-201, PA-28R-201T · 1986-01-01
- one-timeAD 77-01-01 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Models PA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-160, PA-28-180, PA-28-151, PA-28-181, PA-28-235, PA-28R-200, and PA-32-300 Airplanes · 1977-01-01
- one-timeAD 72-14-07 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Models PA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-160, PA-28-180, PA-28-235, PA-28R-180, PA-28R-200, PA-32-260, PA-32-300, and PA-34-200 · 1972-01-01
- one-timeAD 71-21-08 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Models PA-28-140, PA-28-180, PA-28R-180, and PA-28R-200 Airplanes · 1971-01-01
- one-timeAD 67-26-03 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Model PA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-160, PA-28S-160, PA-28-180, PA-28S-180, PA-28-235, PA-32-260, PA-32-300, and PA-32S-300 Ai · 1967-01-01
- one-timeAD 65-06-06 — Airworthiness Directives; Piper Model PA-28-140, PA-28-150, PA-28-160, PA-28-180, PA-28-235 Aircraft · 1965-01-01
This is the applicability list. Which of these are complied with, their computed next-due dates, and the 42 serial/mod-conditional ADs that actually apply to your aircraft come from its digitized logbooks — that’s the verified report.
Known trouble spots on the PA-28-180
After a PA-28 wing separated in flight, an AD requires calculating a factored service life and eddy-current inspecting the main wing spar bolt holes on high-time / high-cycle airframes (training fleet especially). Check for the spar factored-service-life calculation and any inspection.
Many Hartzell and McCauley constant-speed props carry blade-shank or hub ADs plus a calendar/hours overhaul interval; blade corrosion and hub grease leaks are common findings. Confirm the prop AD status and last overhaul against the interval.
The records checklist for a Piper PA-28-180
Enter a tail number and Tailplate reads its logbooks against this list — every AD matched to compliance evidence, next-due dates computed, damage history pulled, and a records-adjusted value.
Look up a tail number →or see the free AD listApplicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and the aircraft’s type certificate; it is advisory and not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.