# N8300X: 1981 Piper PA-32-301, registration cancelled 2013-05-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 30, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-32-301](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (registry code 7103207)
- Engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A3SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A3SO), [TCDS 1E4](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 32-8106030
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: January 27, 1981
- Certificate issued: June 6, 1990
- Last registry action: November 4, 2002
- Mode S code: AB5AC8
- Owner when cancelled: [Gaida Otfried H](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GAIDA%20OTFRIED%20H)
- Location: [Boca Raton, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Boca%20Raton)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 26.3832° N, 80.1677° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33434, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8300X
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8300X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8300X-2013-05-30

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-32-301: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301.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 MIA92LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA068), Jan 23, 1992: Piper PA-32-301 (N8300X), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND WAS NOT LOCATED.

## 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 19920123001049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920123001049A), Jan 23, 1992: Piper PA32301 (N8300X), Atlantic Ocean, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Departed with VFR not recommended. Wreckage and bodies found in Ocean days later. Thunderstorms in area.

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