Piper PA-28-161
N3079M is a Piper PA-28-161, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Eagle Flight Academy LLC, an LLC in Owensboro, Kentucky. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 18, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated January 4, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-28-161 · all PA-28-161s and related versions
- Serial number
- 28-7816336
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 108 mph
- Transponder code
- A33CF2 (octal 50636362)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 18, 2015
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal; Utility · January 4, 1978
- FAA region
- Central
- FAA record id
- 00771303
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Eagle Flight Academy LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 2180 Airport Rd
Owensboro, KY 42301-9445
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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 N3079M, 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 Eagle Flight Academy LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 18, 2015, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated January 4, 1978, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-7816336 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3079M 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 N3079M: Accident on September 28, 2023 at Whitesville, KY: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Accident on July 27, 1993 at League City, TX: serious 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 PA28 · operated under 091
The flight instructor’s improper decision to continue flight into a known area of thunderstorms, which resulted in an in-flight breakup.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA23FA380 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
VISUAL LOOKOUT NOT MAINTAINED BY THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. A FACTOR WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE BECOMING INADVERTENTLY LOST.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW93LA218 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