Matwey Benjamin KITFOX IV
N3279Q is a Matwey Benjamin KITFOX IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waterville, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Matwey Benjamin
- Model
- KITFOX IV
- Serial number
- DCU035
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A38BF3 (octal 50705763)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 19, 2026
- Expires
- August 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- August 19, 2026
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00385302
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rumbaugh Robert E
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1460 Waterville Monclova Rd Apt A
Waterville, OH 43566-9610
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N3279Q, 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 Rumbaugh Robert E, an individual, certificate issued August 19, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial DCU035 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3279Q was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (serial 190, cancelled September 28, 2006); Piper PA-32R-300 (serial 32R7780302, cancelled January 13, 1990); Cessna 402 (serial 402-0079, cancelled June 9, 1967). 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]
1 NTSB record under N3279Q: Accident on May 30, 1989 at Stratford, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R · operated under 091
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. THE WIND CONDITION WAS A RELATED FACTOR.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW89LA100 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