# N31278: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: May 18, 2006
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=31278
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31278

## Aircraft that carried N31278

- [Cancelled 2006-05-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31278-2006-05-18): New Piper PA-34-220T, S/N 3449329, built 2006. Exported to Mexico. Owner: [Globe Aero Ltd Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GLOBE%20AERO%20LTD%20INC), [Lakeland, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Lakeland)
- [Cancelled 1982-07-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31278-1982-07-23): Bellanca 8KCAB, S/N 51-72, built 1972. Owner: [Love Thomas M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LOVE%20THOMAS%20M), [Centreville, MD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MD/Centreville)

## NTSB investigations on N31278 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD79FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA038), Mar 7, 1979: Bellanca 8KCAB (N31278), Queenstown, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N31278 (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19790307011669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790307011669A), Mar 7, 1979: Blanca 8KCAB (N31278), Queenstown, MD, Destroyed. Engaged in practice low level acrobatics,attempted pull out from vertical dive too near ground level.

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