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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-31T3 · all PA-31T3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 31T-8275001
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Turboprop, 2 motors · P&W Canada PT6A-60A · 1050 hp
- Seats
- 11
- Year built
- 1982
- Transponder code
- A4B234 (octal 51131064)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 17, 2011
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 3, 1982
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00252892
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pro Aire Cargo & Consulting INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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.
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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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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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN25LA293 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