# N3943T: 1967 Piper PA-28R-180, registration cancelled 2022-07-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 30, 2022
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-28R-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (registry code 7102809)
- Engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13), [TCDS 1E10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 28R-30286
- Year built: 1967
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: December 9, 1967
- Certificate issued: April 30, 2019
- Last registry action: August 1, 2019
- Mode S code: A49478
- Owner when cancelled: [Abiakel Elio](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ABIAKEL%20ELIO)
- Location: [Columbus, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Columbus)
- Physical address: [Mason, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Mason)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.0064° N, 83.0221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 43210, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3943T
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3943T
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3943T-2022-07-30

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 Piper PA-28R-180: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180.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 CEN20LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA127), Mar 19, 2020: Piper PA28R (N3943T), Pleasant Plain, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s encounter with convective turbulence and low-level wind shear in dark night instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in spatial disorientation and the loss of airplane control.

## 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 20200318004119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200318004119A), Mar 18, 2020: Piper PA-28R-180 (N3943T), Pleasant Plain, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 18, 2020, at approximately 10:44 p.m. eastern standard time (0244 universal time), a Piper PA-28R-180 arrow, N3943T, impacted the terrain in a wooded…

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