ZK-JHO

ZK-JHO is a Piper Tomahawk PA38, a single-engine piston aircraft. SkyMeter has tracked 1,332 flights totalling 1,223 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is NZCH to NZCH. Service window in our records spans 416 days. Of those flights, 158 (11.9%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Piper Tomahawk PA38 has a 34 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 1,670 lb.

About the Piper Tomahawk PA38

The Piper PA-38 Tomahawk is a two-seat, single-engine trainer that became one of the most recognizable flight school aircraft of the 1980s. Introduced in 1978, Piper designed the Tomahawk specifically to compete with Cessna's dominant 152 in the primary training market, featuring a distinctive T-tail, a wide cockpit with excellent visibility, and NASA-developed GA(W)-1 airfoil that provided docile stall characteristics ideal for student pilots. Powered by a 112-horsepower Lycoming O-235 engine, the Tomahawk offered straightforward systems and forgiving handling that made it popular with flight schools across North America and beyond.

Production ran until 1982, with approximately 2,500 aircraft built before Piper shifted focus to other models. The type earned a reputation for durability in the training environment, though its T-tail configuration required pilots to understand its unique spin characteristics compared to conventional-tail trainers. Today the Tomahawk remains a common sight at flight schools and flying clubs, valued for its low operating costs, parts availability, and the wide-open cabin that reduces the claustrophobia some students experience in tighter cockpits.

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