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N3038N

Piper PA-28-181

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesUtah
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N3038N is a Piper PA-28-181, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 4 seats. It is registered to N3038N LLC, an LLC in Lehi, Utah. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 29, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated September 4, 2003.

Where is it now Last seen October 15 at 2:49 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Piper
Model
PA-28-181 · all PA-28-181s and related versions
Built of
aluminium
The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 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
2843574
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 · Lycoming O-360 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
105 mph
Transponder code
A32DF4 (octal 50626764)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 29, 2026
Expires
April 30, 2033
Last FAA action
April 29, 2026
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 · Normal; UtilityFAA certificate purpose code NU (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 4, 2003
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00066609

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
N3038N LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
C/O Matthew Hansen
384 N 1400 W
Lehi, UT 84043-6016

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.

Earlier use of this number 2

2000-05-10Piper PA-44-180 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1955-10-05Cessna 120 · Valid registration

Connections how N3038N links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Owner
  • N3038N LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
Place
  • Lehi, UT 45 aircraft registered in this town
  • Utah 8,358 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N3038N, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to N3038N LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 29, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; utility; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2843574 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N3038N was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-44-180 (serial 44-7995229, cancelled May 10, 2000); Cessna 120 (serial 13296, cancelled October 5, 1955). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N3038N: Accident on December 3, 1999 at Deland, FL: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

MIA00FA041Accident on December 3, 1999 at Deland, FL: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 44-7995229

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-44-180 · operated under 091

The inadequate visual lookout by the pilot-in-command (PIC)/certified flight instructor (CFI) of both aircraft. Contributing factors in the accident were: 1) the frequency congestion of the CTAF 2) the poor in-flight planning decision by the PIC/CFI of the Seminole for his continuing a practice instrument approach to within approximately .6 nautical mile from the approach end of the runway with opposing airplanes departing on the upwind leg, and 3) the absence of guidance in the Aeronautical Information Manual and Advisory Circulars as to how or when to terminate a practice instrument approach to an airport that does not have an operating control tower.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data