Piper PA-31-350
N3548J is a Piper PA-31-350, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1979. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Hoover, Alabama. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 28, 2025 and expires on March 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 11, 1979.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-31-350 · all PA-31-350s and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 31-8052027
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (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, 2 motors · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 162 mph
- Transponder code
- A3F722 (octal 50773442)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- March 28, 2025
- Expires
- March 31, 2032
- Last FAA action
- March 28, 2025
- 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 · December 11, 1979
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00312863
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Carden Kevin
- 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
- 1800 Hummingbird Ln
Hoover, AL 35226-2719
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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 1
Connections how N3548J links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 935 registered
- Piper 44,847 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming TIO-540 series 5,077 aircraft with this engine series · 310 hp
- Hoover, AL 54 aircraft registered in this town
- Alabama 4,325 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 114 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 3,365 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 535 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming TIO-540 series 41 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming TIO-540 series 363 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N3548J, 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 Carden Kevin, an individual, certificate issued March 28, 2025, expires March 31, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 11, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31-8052027 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N3548J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cessna 150E (serial 15061248, cancelled April 28, 1971). 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 N3548J: Accident on April 23, 2017 at Covington, LA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA 31-350 · operated under 091
The pilot's improper fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of power to both engines due to fuel exhaustion.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data