Aero Commander 100-180
N3718X is an Aero Commander 100-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Port Lavaca, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 16, 1968.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Aero Commander
- Model
- 100-180 · all 100-180s and related versions
- Serial number
- 5022
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O&VO-360 SER · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 105 mph
- Transponder code
- A43B08 (octal 51035410)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 12, 2022
- Expires
- May 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 16, 1968
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00763443
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Miller Paul Douglas
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 421 E George St
Port Lavaca, TX 77979-3046
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N3718X, 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 Miller Paul Douglas, an individual, certificate issued May 12, 2022, expires May 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 16, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 5022 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3718X 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 N3718X: Accident on June 14, 2016 at Port Lavaca, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 12, 1993 at El Paso, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander 100 180 · operated under 091
Loss of engine power due to failure of a connecting rod.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN16LA249 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Aero Commander 100-180 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for FTW94LA048 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