# N3720R: 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: March 4, 2021
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3720R
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3720R

## Aircraft that carried N3720R

- [Cancelled 2021-03-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3720R-2021-03-04): Cessna 172H, S/N 17255520, built 1966. Registration expired. Owner: [Seeley Lake Flying Club Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SEELEY%20LAKE%20FLYING%20CLUB%20INC), [Seeley Lake, MT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MT/Seeley%20Lake)

## NTSB investigations on N3720R (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 WPR20LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA304), Sep 13, 2020: Cessna 172 (N3720R), Seeley Lake, MT, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot’s encounter with instrument meteorological conditions during a night visual approach due to wildfire smoke, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3720R (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 20200912012629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200912012629A), Sep 12, 2020: Cessna 172H (N3720R), Seeley Lake, MT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Saturday September 12, 2020 at about 21:45 local. While on final approach to runway 16 at the Seeley Lake Airport (23S) N3720R a CE-172H crashed in a heavily…

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