Accident · substantial damage
Jul 26, 2025 · Deer Lake, OF- Damage
- Substantial
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Report
- GAA25WA219
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for GAA25WA219)
N879FPiper PA-31-310
DeregisteredUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 17, 2026
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled May 20, 2003.
Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Jul 2025)No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 17, 2026- Last registered owner
- Co-owners
- City, state
- Lake Forest, IL
- Certificate issued
- Feb 15, 1994
- Canceled
- May 20, 2003
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Dec 7, 1977
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Model
- PA-31-310
- Serial number
- 31-7812026
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 8
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- AC1842
Engine
- Type
- Reciprocating
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1994 – 2003Co-ownersLake Forest, IL
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 17, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (1)
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Ignition · contact · failedOct 8, 1999
NYLON CAM FOLLOWER MELTED WHERE IT CONTACTED THE CONTACT POINT LEAF SPRING. THE CAM FOLLOWER WOULD NO LONGER OPEN THE CONTACT POINTS, AND THE LEFT MAGNETO FAILED. SUBMITTER STATED POSSIBLE CAUSE, POOR CONDENSER GROUND. REF: TCM IGNITION BULLETIN SB 651. COMPONENT P/N D6LN3200 10-682910-13.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 17, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 17, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026