# N3PN: 1987 Neuffer Paul C AVID FLYER

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Neuffer Paul C AVID FLYER](https://openairdocs.org/model/neuffer-paul-c-avid-flyer) (registry code 0561216, 2 seats)
- Engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050)
- Serial number: 143
- Year built: 1987
- Type: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: October 21, 1987
- Certificate issued: May 30, 2008
- Expires: April 30, 2030
- Mode S code: A31BF2
- Registered owner: [Miller James A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MILLER%20JAMES%20A)
- Location: [Fairbanks, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Fairbanks)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 65.1550° N, 146.2526° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99707, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3PN
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3PN

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Neuffer Paul C AVID FLYER)

None in force.

### Matched by engine (Bombardier ROTAX (ALL))

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N3PN.

## NTSB investigations on N3PN not matched to an aircraft (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 FTW84LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA133), Feb 15, 1984: Piper PA-31P (N3PN), Presidio, TX, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N3PN.

## Reports on N3PN not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N3PN, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19840215003389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840215003389A), Feb 15, 1984: Piper PA31P (N3PN), Presidio, TX, Destroyed. Off course and near fuel exhaustion. Tried to land downwind on an ag strip. Overshot the runway. Cartwheeled, burned.

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N3PN

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N3PN before.

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3PN-undated): Piper PA-31P, S/N 31P70. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Neuffer Paul C AVID FLYER aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/neuffer-paul-c-avid-flyer/aircraft.md
- The Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) engine: https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all.md

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