Piper PA-32R-300
N3609Q is a Piper PA-32R-300, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1977. It has 7 seats. It is registered to Northern Aviation LLC, an LLC in Palmer, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 19, 2017 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 15, 1977.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-32R-300 · all PA-32R-300s and related versions
- Serial number
- 32R-7780319
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 7
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 126 mph
- Transponder code
- A40FEE (octal 51007756)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 19, 2017
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 15, 1977
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00483073
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Northern Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 820 E Aircraft Rd
Palmer, AK 99645-6466
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No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N3609Q, 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 Northern Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 19, 2017, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 15, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 32R-7780319 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3609Q 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]
2 NTSB records under N3609Q: Accident on June 24, 2025 at Big Lake, AK: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 12, 1997 at Burbank, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · operated under 091
On June 24, 2025, about 0934 Alaska daylight time, a Piper PA-32R-300 airplane, N3609Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Big Lake, Alaska. The pilot and flight instructor were seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The airplane departed from the Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ) at about 0900 on a training flight with about 60 gallons of fuel on board. A witness at the Big Lake Airport (BGQ) reported seeing the airplane over the trees on the south end of the runway. The airplane made a …
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Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-300 · operated under 135
improperly secured upper cowl fasteners by unknown person(s).
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- 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