Piper PA-31-350
N9FW is a Piper PA-31-350, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1974. It has 8 seats. It is registered to Wright Air Service INC, a corporation in Fairbanks, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 1988 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 6, 1974.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Piper
- Model
- PA-31-350 · all PA-31-350s and related versions
- Serial number
- 31-7405468
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 2 motors · Lycoming TI0-540 SER · 310 hp
- Seats
- 8
- Year built
- 1974
- Cruising speed
- 162 mph
- Transponder code
- AC6B0C (octal 53065414)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 7, 1988
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 6, 1974
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00531471
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Wright Air Service INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 60142
Fairbanks, AK 99706-0142
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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 N9FW, 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 Wright Air Service INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 7, 1988, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 6, 1974, consistent with the 1974 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31-7405468 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9FW 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 N9FW: Accident on August 5, 2024 at Fairbanks, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 15, 2011 at Hughes, AK: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA31 · operated under 135
The pilot's continuation of an unstabilized approach and his failure to monitor the aircraft's altitude and airspeed during the approach, resulting in a loss of control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC24LA074 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-350 · operated under 135
The pilot did not clear the area surrounding the airplane prior to taxi, resulting in the airplane contacting a piece of baggage.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC12CA015 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