Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
N44970 is a Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1940. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 28, 2017 and expires on February 28, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 31, 2003.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Naval Aircraft Factory
- Model
- N3N-3 · all N3N-3s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1956
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · P&W R-985 SERIES · 450 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1940
- Cruising speed
- 94 mph
- Transponder code
- A56F72 (octal 51267562)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 28, 2017
- Expires
- February 28, 2027
- Last FAA action
- August 6, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · December 31, 2003
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00625191
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Bibber Eugene A
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 3300 Arctic Blvd
Anchorage, AK 99503-4579
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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 N44970, 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 Bibber Eugene A, an individual, certificate issued February 28, 2017, expires February 28, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated December 31, 2003, 63 years after the 1940 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1956 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N44970 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 N44970: Accident on August 10, 1994 at Beaufort, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 14, 1991 at Deming, NM: 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: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S IMPROPER USE OF THE RUDDER DURING LANDING.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ATL94LA153 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 · operated under 091
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. FACTORS WERE: A CROSSWIND CONDITION AND A SOFT SHOULDER ALONGSIDE THE RUNWAY.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DEN91LA086 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data