Piper PA-32-300
N316MA is a Piper PA-32-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1976. It has 6 seats. It is registered to Blue Side Up INC, a corporation in Islamorada, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 14, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 10, 2018.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32-300 · all PA-32-300s and related versions
- Serial number
- 32-7640112
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 6
- Year built
- 1976
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- A35E2F (octal 50657057)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 14, 2022
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 29, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · February 10, 2018
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00922004
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Blue Side Up INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 154 Bayview Dr
Islamorada, FL 33036-4216
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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N316MA, 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 Blue Side Up INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 14, 2022, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 10, 2018, 42 years after the 1976 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 32-7640112 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N316MA was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Diamond Aircraft DA 40 (serial 40.287, cancelled March 19, 2012); Cessna 550 (serial 550-0907, cancelled April 28, 2000). 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 N316MA: Accident on August 15, 2011 at Hodgenville, KY: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 10, 2004 at Bardstown, KY: 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: Diamond Aircraft Ind INC DA 40 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate takeoff performance planning, which resulted in collision with an obstacle during takeoff from a turf runway that was not long enough for the given conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA11LA454 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA-40 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC04CA085 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