Piper PA-22-150
N3870P is a Piper PA-22-150, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1955. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee, a corporation in Snellville, Georgia. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 13, 2025 and expires on June 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-22-150 · all PA-22-150s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and fabricThe fuselage is a welded steel-tube frame covered in fabric, with metal or wooden wing spars under fabric-covered wings; the fabric is replaced every few decades. This is how the Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 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
- 22-3563
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (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, 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1955
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A477B1 (octal 51073661)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 13, 2025
- Expires
- June 30, 2032
- Last FAA action
- June 13, 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
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00790454
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2003 Deerfield Run
Snellville, GA 30078-2403
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N3870P links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 2,942 registered
- Piper 44,847 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and fabric · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-320 series 27,313 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 296 aircraft in the fleet
- Snellville, GA 328 aircraft registered in this town
- Georgia 8,790 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 34 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 69 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer and Colt 425 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-320 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-320 series 349 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N3870P, 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 Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee, a corporation, certificate issued June 13, 2025, expires June 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate; the FAA file gives no certificate date. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 22-3563 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N3870P 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]
1 NTSB record under N3870P: Accident on May 14, 2025 at Mosbach: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-22-150 · operated under 129
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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data