{"airworthiness_class":"","airworthiness_date":"","airworthiness_ops":"","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2003-07-28","city":"DOUGLASS","country_code":"US","county_code":"015","cruise_speed_mph":97,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"","engine_horsepower":null,"engine_maker":"","engine_model":"","engine_thrust_lb":null,"expiration_date":"2027-10-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-03-24","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7101804","mode_s_code":"50705774","mode_s_hex":"A38BFC","model":"PA-18A","n_number":"N3279Z","name":"LAY LAWRENCE W","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Garden City","damage":"DEST","date":"2002-10-02","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"CHI03FA003","probable_cause":"The inadequate preflight planning/preparation and visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions by the pilot.  The clouds, mist, and night conditions were contributing factors.","registration":"N3279Z","state":"KS","summary":"Accident on October 2, 2002 at Garden City, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3279Z is a Piper PA-18A, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Douglass, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 28, 2003 and expires on October 31, 2027. 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 Lay Lawrence W, an individual, certificate issued July 28, 2003, expires October 31, 2027. 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 18-7199 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3279Z according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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 N3279Z: Accident on October 2, 2002 at Garden City, KS: fatal, destroyed (1 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":"Central","region_code":"3","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"18-7199","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"KS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"21317 SW PURITY SPRINGS RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00752013","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3279Z","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"670398590"}