N27179 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper J3F-60 built in 1940. The FAA cancelled the registration on January 29, 1960. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Piper J3F-60 cancelled January 29, 1960
- Serial number
- 4417
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1940
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 27, 1949
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Short Albert And Hamelinck Hector (Partnership)
Palmyra, NY - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N27179
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-350 · serial 31-7752091
The failure of the TRACON air traffic controller to issue a wake turbulence advisory to the pilot, and a wake turbulence encounter by the pilot. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inadequate visual lookout, the failure of the TRACON controller to notice an aircraft as a heavy jet, and insufficiently defined TRACON procedures used to facilitate prearranged coordination of aircraft through radar segments.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site