Single-engine piston

N3201U

1940 Homebuilt NA-64

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record
Built
1940
Serial
64-2202
Class
Single-engine piston
Engines
Wright 975 A B D&E
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Southwest Aircraft LLC (LLC)
Based
Fairacres, NM
Registration record

N3201U on the FAA register

Type
1940 Homebuilt NA-64
Serial
64-2202
Engines
Wright 975 A B D&E
Registered owner
Southwest Aircraft LLC
Fairacres, NM
Certificate issued
2020-10-07
Airworthiness date
1992-05-08
Registration expires
2027-10-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · exhibition
Mode S (hex)
A370DE
Mode S (octal)
50670336
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2020-10-07
    Certificate of registration issued as N3201U to the current registrant.
  • 1992-08-23
    Accident at Bakersfield, CA; damage: substantial.
  • 1992-05-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (exhibition)).
  • 1989-11-21
    N3201U previously assigned to a Mooney M20J 201 / M20J Mse / M20J 205 (s/n 240570); cancelled.
  • 1940
    Manufactured (1940).
Overview

About N3201U

N3201U is a 1940 Homebuilt NA-64, serial number 64-2202. The FAA register lists Southwest Aircraft LLC as the registrant in Fairacres, New Mexico. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 7, 2020 and expires on October 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Wright 975 A B D&E engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (exhibition), dated May 8, 1992.

N3201U has 1 accident/incident record on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1992-08-23 Accident · Bakersfield, CA Damage: Substantial NTSB · LAX92LA363
Reported aircraft: North American NA-64
Probable cause: LEAKAGE OF BRAKE FLUID FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE ONTO THE BRAKE LINING AND DRUM.
1989-05-27 Accident · Big Pine Key, FL Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · MIA89LA159
Reported aircraft: Mooney M20J — a different aircraft that carried the N3201U registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: THE PILOT BECAME SPATIALLY DISORIENTED AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LIGHT CONDITIONS (DARK NIGHT) AND WEATHER (HAZE) WERE CONSIDERED TO BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.