Piper PA-12
N3036M is a Piper PA-12, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC, an LLC in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 21, 2013 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; aerial advertising, dated July 2, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-12 · all PA-12s and related versions
- Serial number
- 12-1581
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-235 SERIES · 115 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 82 mph
- Transponder code
- A32DAD (octal 50626655)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 21, 2013
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Aerial advertising · July 2, 1979
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00821143
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 1728
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29598-1728
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 N3036M, 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 Barnstormers Aerial Advertising LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 21, 2013, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 2, 1979, 32 years after the 1947 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 12-1581 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3036M 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]
3 NTSB records under N3036M: Accident on July 31, 2023 at Myrtle Beach, SC: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 29, 2009 at Georgetown, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 26, 1995 at N. Myrtle Beach, SC: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA23LA356 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of experience in the make and model airplane.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA09CA275 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-12 · operated under 091
THE IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURE USED BY THE PILOT IN THAT HE FAILED TO USE WHEEL CHOCKS TO PRECLUDE AIRCRAFT MOVEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE THROTTLE WAS NOT PLACED IN THE IDLE POSITION.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL95LA148 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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 August 27, 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