# N31AB: 1965 Piper PA-30, registration cancelled 2013-06-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 11, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002)
- Engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A1EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1EA), [TCDS 1E12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 30-743
- Year built: 1965
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 10, 1965
- Certificate issued: April 20, 1983
- Last registry action: March 16, 1991
- Mode S code: A3447A
- Owner when cancelled: [Adb Engineers Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ADB%20ENGINEERS%20INC)
- Location: [Dania, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Dania)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 26.0612° N, 80.1360° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33004, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31AB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=31AB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31AB-2013-06-11

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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-30: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30.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 BFO86FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FA042), Aug 17, 1986: Piper PA-30 (N31AB), Bowleys Qrtrs, MD, destroyed, 3 fatal

## 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 19860817040229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860817040229A), Aug 17, 1986: Piper PA30 (N31AB), Baltimore, MD, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On approach advised of thunderstorms. Off course. ATC tried give go around but pilot had lost control. Crashed.

## Other aircraft with N31AB

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31AB): Textron 182T, S/N 18283143, built 2021
- [Cancelled 1981-06-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31AB-1981-06-19): Beech E-55, S/N TE-1082. Exported to Guatemala. Owner: [Baldocchi Archie](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BALDOCCHI%20ARCHIE), [Miami, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami)

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