GREAT PLANES AVIATION INC· ICAO24 a5b15e· last seen 4d ago

N466RB is a Piper Seminole, a twin-engine piston aircraft operated by GREAT PLANES AVIATION INC. SkyMeter has tracked 490 flights totalling 419 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is KRST to KRST. Service window in our records spans 411 days. Of those flights, 16 (3.3%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Piper Seminole has a 39 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 3,800 lb.

About the Piper Seminole

The Piper PA-44 Seminole is the world's most popular twin-engine piston trainer, introduced in 1978 as a more affordable alternative to the earlier PA-34 Seneca. Built around two counter-rotating Lycoming O-360 engines producing 180 horsepower each, the Seminole eliminated the critical engine problem that complicates single-engine handling in conventional twins, a feature that made it immediately attractive to flight schools teaching multi-engine ratings. Its docile handling, relatively low operating costs, and forgiving stall characteristics turned it into the de facto standard for commercial pilot training across North America and beyond.

The aircraft cruises at around 160 knots and has a service ceiling of 17,000 feet, modest figures that reflect its mission as a trainer rather than a traveling machine. Its light wing loading and benign spin characteristics make it ideal for practicing engine-out procedures, and its simple systems (no pressurization, no turbos in the base model) keep maintenance straightforward for training fleets that fly hundreds of hours per month. Thousands of professional pilots earned their multi-engine ratings in Seminoles, and the type remains in production today with glass-cockpit avionics and minor refinements, a testament to the original design's enduring practicality.

SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the largest observed operator.

FLIGHTS
490
all time
FLOWN HOURS
419
tracked time
📍
AIRPORTS VISITED
40
unique
📡
CALLSIGNS
1
81 routes
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
06/02/2025 → 07/19/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
3.3%
16 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

10
34
KRST 2C4
21
9
7
7
KAUM 2C4
7
6
6
5
5

Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

1

Aircraft specifications

Piper Seminole

Engines
Twin Piston
Vref (approach)
66 kt
MTOW
3,800 lb
Wingspan
39 ft
Length
28 ft
Wake category
Light

Recent flights

Newest 50 operations of N466RB

50
07/14/2026
1h 37m
No alerts
06/22/2026
21m
△ Low approach-stability score
06/22/2026
1h 39m
No alerts
06/21/2026
38m
△ Low approach-stability score
06/20/2026
1h 17m
No alerts
06/15/2026
2h 44m
No alerts
06/06/2026
22m
△ Low approach-stability score
06/03/2026
1h 0m
△ Low approach-stability score
05/28/2026
1h 48m
No alerts
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