Piper PA-22-150
N3170Z is a Piper PA-22-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1959. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Durham, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 21, 2014 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 18, 1959.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-22-150 · all PA-22-150s and related versions
- Serial number
- 22-7122
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A36342 (octal 50661502)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 21, 2014
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 18, 1959
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00642093
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Garrity Frank B
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 10277 Snoe Way
Durham, CA 95938-9751
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N3170Z, 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 Garrity Frank B, an individual, certificate issued October 21, 2014, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 18, 1959, consistent with the 1959 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 22-7122 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3170Z 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]
3 NTSB records under N3170Z: Accident on February 28, 2026 at Oroville, CA: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on May 18, 2001 at Concord, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 1, 1991 at Palo Alto, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-22-150 · operated under 091
On February 28, 2026, about 0948 Pacific standard time, a Piper PA-22-150, N3170Z, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Oroville, California. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to a friend of the pilot and the owner of the accident airplane, the purpose of the flight was to fly from Richvale Airport (07CL), Richvale, California, to Paradise Airport Skypark (CA92), Paradise, California, to initiate the airplane’s annual inspection. The morning of the accident, the pilot flew his …
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26FA109 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-22-150 · operated under 091
The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions, resulting in a loss of directional control and the inadvertent ground loop.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX01LA185 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA22-150 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX92LA056 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