# N3280M: 1947 Piper PA-12, registration cancelled 2017-11-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 1, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired
- Airframe: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-780](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-780), [TCDS E-223](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-223) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 12-2136
- Year built: 1947
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: 4 cycle
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: November 16, 1955
- Certificate issued: July 24, 2001
- Last registry action: May 17, 2014
- Mode S code: A38E6C
- Owner when cancelled: [Camman Thomas](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CAMMAN%20THOMAS)
- Location: [Lake Mary, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Lake%20Mary)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 28.7714° N, 81.3530° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 32746, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3280M
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3280M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3280M-2017-11-01

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-12: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12.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 ERA17FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA148), Apr 8, 2017: Piper PA 12 (N3280M), Sanford, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The incorrect rigging of the elevator control cables, which resulted in a reversal of elevator control inputs applied by the pilot during the takeoff, an excessive nose-high pitch, and subsequent…

## 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 20170408003589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170408003589A), Apr 8, 2017: Piper PA-12 (N3280M), Sanford, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On April 8, 2017, about 1256 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-12, N3280M, was destroyed by impact and a postcrash fire after takeoff from orlando Sanford…

## Other aircraft with N3280M

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3280M): DJI AGRAS T30, S/N 3U5BJ5W00101BD

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