Piper PA-31
N16SC is a Piper PA-31, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1970. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Western Alaska Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC in Pahrump, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 19, 2024 and expires on January 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 6, 1970.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-31 · all PA-31s and related versions
- Serial number
- 31-639
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1970
- Transponder code
- A0F0E8 (octal 50170350)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 19, 2024
- Expires
- January 31, 2031
- Last FAA action
- January 19, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 6, 1970
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00791920
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Western Alaska Aircraft Leasing LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 9501
Pahrump, NV 89060-9501
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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 N16SC, 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 Western Alaska Aircraft Leasing LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 19, 2024, expires January 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated February 6, 1970, consistent with the 1970 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31-639 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N16SC 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 N16SC: Accident on October 1, 2025 at Kotlik, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 1, 1993 at Columbia, CA: 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-31 · operated under 135
The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear before landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER GLIDEPATH WHILE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DARK NIGHT LIGHTING CONDITIONS WHICH MAY HAVE AFFECTED THE PILOT'S PERCEPTUAL AWARENESS OF THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT AND THE CUES FOR A PROPER VISUAL APPROACH SLOPE GUIDANCE.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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