{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1969-10-01","airworthiness_ops":"Normal; Utility","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2024-09-24","city":"TERRE HAUTE","country_code":"US","county_code":"167","cruise_speed_mph":107,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"41514","engine_horsepower":180,"engine_maker":"LYCOMING","engine_model":"O&VO-360 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2031-09-30","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2024-09-24","maker":"Piper","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"PIPER","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"7102808","mode_s_code":"50721577","mode_s_hex":"A3A37F","model":"PA-28-180","n_number":"N3331R","name":"EPIK INDUSTRIAL LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"Sullivan","damage":"SUBS","date":"2022-08-18","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN22LA399","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s failure to maintain directional control during landing.","registration":"N3331R","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on August 18, 2022 at Sullivan, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Valparaiso","damage":"SUBS","date":"2016-09-15","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"GAA16CA491","probable_cause":"The pilot\u2019s improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing.","registration":"N3331R","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on September 15, 2016 at Valparaiso, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"Valparaiso","damage":"SUBS","date":"2008-12-29","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CEN09CA208","probable_cause":"The pilot's improper flare during landing, resulting in a bounced landing.","registration":"N3331R","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on December 29, 2008 at Valparaiso, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"LAPAZ","damage":"SUBS","date":"1998-08-22","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI98LA329","probable_cause":"the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in landing on unsuitable terrain (wet, grass).  Factors associated with the accident were the wet grass and the fence.","registration":"N3331R","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on August 22, 1998 at Lapaz, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"VALPARAISO","damage":"SUBS","date":"1989-01-14","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"CHI89LA045","probable_cause":"INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN INADVERTENT FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS AND RAPID ACCUMULATION OF AIRFRAME ICE, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED TO FLARE DURING THE LANDING.  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF VISUAL PERCEPTION WITH ICE ON THE WINDSHIELD.","registration":"N3331R","state":"IN","summary":"Accident on January 14, 1989 at Valparaiso, IN: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N3331R is a Piper PA-28-180, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1969. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Epik Industrial LLC, an LLC in Terre Haute, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 24, 2024 and expires on September 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal; utility, dated October 1, 1969.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Epik Industrial LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 24, 2024, expires September 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal; utility, dated October 1, 1969, consistent with the 1969 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 28-5661 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N3331R 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":"5 NTSB records under N3331R: Accident on August 18, 2022 at Sullivan, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 15, 2016 at Valparaiso, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 29, 2008 at Valparaiso, IN: 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":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"28-5661","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"IN","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"5600 N 13TH ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"00352203","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N3331R","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1969,"zip":"478051620"}