# N3172L: 1988 Beech B36TC, registration cancelled 2009-09-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 28, 2009
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Beech B36TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (registry code 1151609)
- Engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A15), [TCDS E8CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E8CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: EA-485
- Year built: 1988
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, utility
- Airworthiness date: October 8, 1988
- Certificate issued: April 17, 2007
- Last registry action: April 17, 2007
- Mode S code: A3637B
- Owners when cancelled: [Berling David K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BERLING%20DAVID%20K), [Market Melissa S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MARKET%20MELISSA%20S)
- Location: [Avondale, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Avondale)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 33.4189° N, 112.3261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 85323, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3172L
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3172L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3172L-2009-09-28

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Beech B36TC: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc.md

## 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 LAX07LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA143), Apr 30, 2007: Beech B36TC (N3172L), West Athens, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's descent below the published minimum descent altitude for the instrument approach procedure, which resulted in a collision with wires and terrain. Contributing to the accident were the…

## 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 20070429827079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070429827079A), Apr 29, 2007: Beech B36TC (N3172L), Hawthorne, CA, Destroyed. (-23) On April 29, 2007, at 2051, pacific daylight time, a Beech B36TC, N3172L, struck wires and impacted a dirt field in west athens, California, during an…

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