# N31953: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: April 16, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=31953
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31953

## Aircraft that carried N31953

- [Cancelled 2013-04-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31953-2013-04-16): Piper PA-32-260, S/N 32-7800008, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Tarheel Railroad Construction Co Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TARHEEL%20RAILROAD%20CONSTRUCTION%20CO%20INC), [Winston Salem, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Winston%20Salem)

## NTSB investigations on N31953 (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 NYC93FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93FA012), Oct 9, 1992: Piper PA-32-260 (N31953), Pulaski, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE IMPROPER DECISION BY THE NON-INSTRUMENT-RATED PILOT TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO KNOWN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS RESULTING IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE.…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N31953 (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 19921008041429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921008041429A), Oct 8, 1992: Piper PA32260 (N31953), Pulaski, VA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Continued into IMC a night. Asked help. Unable hold heading. Report lost gyros. Lost control.

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