N3531S is not currently registered. It was last assigned to an Insitu (Boeing) SCANEAGLE2. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 7, 2026 when the aircraft was exported to Japan. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N3531S is reserved by a private party since April 7, 2026. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Insitu (Boeing) SCANEAGLE2 cancelled April 7, 2026
- Serial number
- 25-3531
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Two-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Japan
- Certificate issued
- October 13, 2025
- Last FAA action
- October 13, 2025
- Last owner
- Insitu INC (Corporation)
Bingen, WA - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 172E cancelled June 4, 2012
- Serial number
- 17250731
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1963
- Last status
- Registration pending, canceled
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- April 6, 1992
- Last owner
- Registration Pending (Individual)
Sugar Hill, GA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N3531S
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172E · serial 17250731
PILOT IN COMMAND'S INITIATION AND CONTINUATION OF THE FLIGHT INTO AN AREA OF KNOWN IMC WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HIS SUBSEQUENT INABILITY TO LAND PRIOR TO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO EXERCISE GOOD JUDGEMENT AND HIS DISREGARD FOR THE FEDERAL AIR REGULATIONS.
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