# N56306: Piper PA-32-300, registration cancelled 2000-12-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 7, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 32-7340170
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: May 12, 1978
- Last registry action: October 17, 2000
- Mode S code: A73486
- Owner when cancelled: [Foxtrot Flying Club Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FOXTROT%20FLYING%20CLUB%20INC)
- Location: [Urbandale, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Urbandale)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.6342° N, 93.7344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 50322, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56306
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=56306
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56306-2000-12-07

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-32-300: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300.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 DEN99FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA064), Mar 27, 1999: Piper PA-32-300 (N56306), Pagosa Springs, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into IMC conditions. Related factors were flight into known adverse weather, the adverse weather, mountain obscuration, snow, icing, and high density altitude.

## 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 19990327043229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990327043229A), Mar 27, 1999: Piper PA32300 (N56306), Pagosa Springs, CO, No damage, 3 fatal. (-23) On Saturday, March 27, 1999, N56306, a Piper model PA-32-300, departed durango, Colorado on a flight intended for des moines, Iowa. Although the exact…
- [Incident 19900922048219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900922048219I), Sep 22, 1990: Piper PA32300 (N56306), Des Moines, IA. Smoke in cockpit after departure. Returned. Heater used for first time in months.

## Other aircraft with N56306

- [Cancelled 1955-10-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56306-1955-10-11): Timm N2T-1, S/N 286. Owner: [Grate John B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GRATE%20JOHN%20B), [Warren, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Warren)

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