Cessna 140
N3043S is a Cessna 140, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1947. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Spitler John, a partnership in Laramie, Wyoming. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 15, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 29, 2007.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Cessna
- Model
- 140 · all 140s and related versions
- Serial number
- 12709
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Cont Motor C85-12F · 85 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1947
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A33100 (octal 50630400)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 15, 2022
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 29, 2007
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00894157
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Spitler John
- Type
- Partnership
- Address
- 1324 Steele St
Laramie, WY 82070-4725 - Co-owners
- Spitler Mary
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 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N3043S, 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 Spitler John, a partnership, certificate issued March 15, 2022, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 29, 2007, 60 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 12709 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3043S was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150G (serial 15066943, cancelled August 17, 1995). 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]
2 NTSB records under N3043S: Accident on July 3, 2024 at Harmony, WY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on April 28, 1987 at Roanoke, VA: 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: Cessna 140 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power as a result of the pilot's inadvertent placement of the fuel selector to the "off" position.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR24LA224 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 150G · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for BFO87LA033 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data