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Command-Aire 3C-3
N136E is a Command-Aire 3C-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1928. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Baldwin Park, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 30, 2018 and expires on August 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 14, 1991.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Command-Aire
- Model
- 3C-3 · all 3C-3s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube, wood and fabricA welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. A biplane of the 1920s and 1930s: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wings, fabric covering. This is how the Command-Aire 3 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 532
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Wright CURTISS OX5 · 90 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1928
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A091DF (octal 50110737)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- August 30, 2018
- Expires
- August 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 3, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 14, 1991
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00521460
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Nichols Charles F Trustee
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 13470 Dalewood St
Baldwin Park, CA 91706-5834
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N136E links to the rest of the register
- Command-Aire 3 6 registered
- Command-Aire 10 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube, wood and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Wright CURTISS OX5 59 aircraft with this engine series · 90 hp
- Baldwin Park, CA 94 aircraft registered in this town
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N136E, 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 Nichols Charles F Trustee, an individual, certificate issued August 30, 2018, expires August 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 14, 1991, 63 years after the 1928 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 532 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N136E was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Fairchild M-62A (serial T40-250, cancelled December 20, 1951). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
1 NTSB record under N136E: Accident on June 4, 1992 at Grain Valley, MO: serious 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Commander C3C · operated under 091
THE JAMMED (KINKED) CHOKE PLATE CONTROL CABLE, WHICH RESULTED IN REDUCED POWER AND COLLISION WITH RISING TERRAIN.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data