{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1984-04-06","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2022-09-17","city":"ALBANY","country_code":"US","county_code":"043","cruise_speed_mph":162,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41533","engine_horsepower":310,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"TI0-540 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-twins","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-09-02","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7103110","mode_s_code":"50643046","mode_s_hex":"A34626","model":"PA-31-350","n_number":"N31TE","name":"MILLER DAVID A","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"West Jordan","damage":"DEST","date":"2005-07-24","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"DEN05FA114","probable_cause":"the pilot's improper preflight planning, his attempted flight into adverse weather conditions, and the stall resulting in the loss of control and subsequent crash.  Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather conditions, the airplane exceeding its gross weight limitations, and the dry microburst from thunderstorms located near the airport.","registration":"N31TE","state":"UT","summary":"Accident on July 24, 2005 at West Jordan, UT: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":2,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N31TE is a Piper PA-31-350, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with a piston engine, built in 1984. It has 8 seats. It is registered to an individual in Albany, Oregon. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 17, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 6, 1984.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Miller David A, an individual, certificate issued September 17, 2022, expires September 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated April 6, 1984, consistent with the 1984 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 31-8452012 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N31TE was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech N35 (serial D-6745, cancelled April 6, 2006). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N31TE: Accident on July 24, 2005 at West Jordan, UT: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Northwest Mountain","region_code":"S","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":8,"serial_number":"31-8452012","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OR","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1450 NW ALBANY RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, multi-engine","type_aircraft_code":"5","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00271394","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N31TE","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1984,"zip":"97321"}