N3309W is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-32-260 built in 1965. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 13, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Piper PA-32-260 cancelled August 13, 2013
- Serial number
- 32-146
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1965
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- November 21, 1989
- Last FAA action
- December 1, 1998
- Last owner
- Bouton Services INC (Corporation)
Fishers Island, NY - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N3309W
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32-260 · serial 32-146
THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT INITIATING VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC ON A DARK NIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO THE GROUND. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR(S) WAS: THE ADVERSE WEATHER EXISTING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE PILOT'S SELF-INDUCED PRESSURE TO GET TO WORK.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site