Piper PA-31T3
N401VA is a Piper PA-31T3, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turboprop engines, built in 1982. It has 11 seats. It is registered to Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting INC, a corporation in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2011 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 3, 1982.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting, Inc., so it can be flown for hire.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 8:49 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-31T3 · all PA-31T3s 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
- 31T-8275001
- 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
- TurbopropFAA type of engine code 2 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-60A · 1050 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 11
- Year built
- 1982
- Transponder code
- A4B234 (octal 51131064)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 17, 2011
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- 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 · June 3, 1982
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00252892
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting INC
- 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
- 1345 Maricopa Dr
Oshkosh, WI 54904-8150
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N401VA links to the rest of the register
- Piper PA-31 Navajo and Chieftain 934 registered
- Piper 44,840 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting, Inc. · charter operator
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A 1,175 aircraft with this engine series · 1050 hp
- Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting INC 11 aircraft in the fleet
- Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · expired
- Oshkosh, WI 270 aircraft registered in this town
- Wittman Regional · OSH
- Wisconsin 6,161 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 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A 2 airworthiness directives
- Where N401VA is now · Last seen yesterday at 8:49 am.
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The public federal record on N401VA, 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 Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 17, 2011, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 3, 1982, consistent with the 1982 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31T-8275001 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N401VA 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 N401VA: Accident on July 26, 2025 at Appleton, WI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31T3 · operated under 135
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane on the ground, which resulted in a collision with a parked airplane.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data