# N3187G: North American SNJ-5, registration cancelled 2000-09-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 21, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [North American SNJ-5](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5) (registry code 6400418)
- Serial number: 52022
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: June 9, 1995
- Last registry action: June 17, 1998
- Mode S code: A367DD
- Owner when cancelled: [Shell Keith E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHELL%20KEITH%20E)
- Location: [Morganton, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Morganton)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.7633° N, 81.7499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 28655, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3187G
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3187G
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3187G-2000-09-21

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 North American SNJ-5: https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5.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 MIA00FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA141), Apr 28, 2000: North American SNJ-5 (N3187G), Elk Park, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The inflight loss of control for undetermined reasons resulting in the airplane colliding with mountainous terrain during the uncontrolled descent.

## 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 20000428040889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000428040889A), Apr 28, 2000: N3187G, Elk Park, NC, No damage. (-23)Fatal-no action, N3187G, an SNJ5 operated by PIC keith shell on a CFR part 91 flight enroute from hky-tyq with 1 passenger aboard departed hky VFR and…

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