Piper PA-32-300
N31657 is a Piper PA-32-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1978. It has 6 seats. It is registered to an individual in Branford, Connecticut. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 17, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 2, 1978. 2 documents are on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership), loan or lien (security agreement).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-300 · all PA-32-300s and related versions
- Serial number
- 32-7840139
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- A36042 (octal 50660102)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 17, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 2, 1978
- FAA region
- New England
- FAA record id
- 00521603
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wynne Kenneth H
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 17 Club Pkwy
Branford, CT 06405-5663
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 2
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N31657, 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 Wynne Kenneth H, an individual, certificate issued March 17, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 2, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32-7840139 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N31657 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna AT 17B (serial 3007, cancelled August 26, 1948). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 10, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N31657: Accident on October 22, 2002 at Bethel, AK: 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32 · operated under 135
The failure of both pilot's to maintain a visual outlook during taxi operations on the ramp.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC03LA005 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