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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026Pitcairn PA-4
N3261 is a Pitcairn PA-4, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1927. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Rawlings, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 16, 1998 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 26, 1990.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Pitcairn
- Model
- PA-4
- Serial number
- 5
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Wright CURTISS OX5 · 90 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1927
- Cruising speed
- 78 mph
- Transponder code
- A38715 (octal 50703425)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 16, 1998
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 26, 1990
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00741933
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Armstrong Robert K
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 23753 Mcmullen Hwy SW
Rawlings, MD 21557-2441
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N3261 links to the rest of the register
- Pitcairn 17 aircraft on the register
- Wright CURTISS OX5 59 aircraft with this engine series · 90 hp
- Rawlings, MD 2 aircraft registered in this town
- Maryland 2,348 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N3261, 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 Armstrong Robert K, an individual, certificate issued April 16, 1998, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 26, 1990, 63 years after the 1927 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 5 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3261 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]
1 NTSB record under N3261: Accident on September 9, 2012 at Rawlings, MD: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Pitcairn PA-4 · operated under 091
A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, which resulted from a fuel outlet in the fuel tank that was blocked by peeled debris from a previously approved fuel tank sealer.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data