# N3971X: 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: January 18, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3971X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3971X

## Aircraft that carried N3971X

- [Cancelled 2018-01-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3971X-2018-01-18): Piper PA-28R-200, S/N 28R-7535371, built 1975. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Gordon Peter J DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GORDON%20PETER%20J%20DBA), [Woods Cross, UT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/UT/Woods%20Cross)

## NTSB investigations on N3971X (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 LAX08FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA001), Oct 27, 2007: Piper PA-28R-200 (N3971X), Cedar City, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while in cruise flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident were the dark conditions.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3971X (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 20071026824209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071026824209A), Oct 26, 2007: Piper PA28R200 (N3971X), Cedar City, UT, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) The aircraft departed bountiful, Utah at 1716 MDT on a VFR flight to Colorado city, Arizona. The pilot did not have an instrument rating. At 1830 MDT a…

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