{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-08-19","city":"WATERVILLE","country_code":"US","county_code":"095","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2033-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-08-19","maker":"Matwey Benjamin","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"MATWEY BENJAMIN","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05626WE","mode_s_code":"50705763","mode_s_hex":"A38BF3","model":"KITFOX IV","n_number":"N3279Q","name":"RUMBAUGH ROBERT E","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"STRATFORD","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-05-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"FTW89LA100","probable_cause":"IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, AND HIS INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL.  THE WIND CONDITION WAS A RELATED FACTOR.","registration":"N3279Q","state":"TX","summary":"Accident on May 30, 1989 at Stratford, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3279Q is a Matwey Benjamin KITFOX IV, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Waterville, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 19, 2026 and expires on August 31, 2033. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rumbaugh Robert E, an individual, certificate issued August 19, 2026, expires August 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial DCU035 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N3279Q was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Focke-Wulf FWP 149D (serial 190, cancelled September 28, 2006); Piper PA-32R-300 (serial 32R7780302, cancelled January 13, 1990); Cessna 402 (serial 402-0079, cancelled June 9, 1967). 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 N3279Q: Accident on May 30, 1989 at Stratford, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. 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":"Great Lakes","region_code":"C","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"DCU035","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"OH","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"1460 WATERVILLE MONCLOVA RD APT A","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00385302","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3279Q","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"435669610"}