# N3952W: Piper PA-32-260, registration cancelled 2023-12-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 1, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper PA-32-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (registry code 7103206)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO), [TCDS E-295](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-295) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 32-936
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: July 27, 1967
- Certificate issued: April 8, 2019
- Last registry action: July 28, 2023
- Mode S code: A4980F
- Owners when cancelled: [Halbrook Shane A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HALBROOK%20SHANE%20A), [Halbrook Tammy T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HALBROOK%20TAMMY%20T)
- Location: [Avon, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Avon)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7644° N, 86.4034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 46123, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3952W
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3952W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3952W-2023-12-01

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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-32-260: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260.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 CEN22FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA131), Feb 23, 2022: Piper PA-32-260 (N3952W), Fostoria, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control in night instrument meteorological conditions during the procedure turn of an instrument approach due to spatial disorientation, which resulted in a collision…

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20220222007139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220222007139A), Feb 22, 2022: Piper PA-32-260 (N3952W), Fostoria, OH, Destroyed, 2 fatal. N3952W departed effingham airport Indiana (1H2) to findlay airport (fdy). Pilot requested vectors to the RNAV runway 25 approach at fdy. Aircraft was having a…
- [Incident 19780218007139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780218007139I), Feb 18, 1978: Piper PA32260 (N3952W), Mount Comfort, IN, Minor damage. Pilot intended to fly locally after recent blizzard. Engine quit after takeoff due to snow packed in engine cowl.

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