# N3046H: 1979 Piper PA-32RT-300, registration cancelled 2019-09-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 6, 2019
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-32RT-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (registry code 7103215)
- Engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO), [TCDS 1E4](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 32R-7985046
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 23, 1979
- Certificate issued: April 23, 2013
- Last registry action: November 9, 2015
- Mode S code: A33160
- Owner when cancelled: [Crilly Ferris A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CRILLY%20FERRIS%20A)
- Location: [Bristow, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Bristow)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 38.7298° N, 77.5442° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 20136, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3046H
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3046H
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3046H-2019-09-06

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Piper PA-32RT-300: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 95ZZZX5645](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/95ZZZX5645), Sep 18, 1995: BOLT. FRACTURED. UPON COMPLIANCE WITH PIPER SB 747, NLG ACTUATOR ATTACHMENT BOLT (REAR) WAS FOUND SEVERELY WORN, BENT, AND FRACTURED WITH FORWARD CLEVIS BOLT, PN 400-871 (AN23-1

## NTSB investigations (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 GAA16CA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA110), Jan 19, 2016: Piper PA32RT (N3046H), Melfa, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for a gusting crosswind during landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, impact with a structure, and subsequent postimpact fire.

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20160119000199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160119000199A), Jan 19, 2016: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N3046H), Melfa, VA, Destroyed. Aircraft was on short final to runway 3 when gusting wind blew aircraft off to side of runway. Winds reported at 310 degrees (80 degree left crosswind) 15…

## Other aircraft with N3046H

- [Cancelled 1951-08-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3046H-1951-08-07): Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C, S/N 3671, built 1946. Owner: [Wetzel August](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WETZEL%20AUGUST), [American Falls, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/American%20Falls)

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