Weight-shift trike

N3283N

2005 Northwing Design Apache Sport

Registered 1 NTSB/FAA record

Built

2005

Serial

6199

Class

Weight-shift trike

Engines

Rotax 503DC

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registered owner

Individual · sign in to see

Based

Lancaster, PA

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Registration record

N3283N on the FAA register

Type

2005 Northwing Design Apache Sport

Serial

6199

Engines

Rotax 503DC

Registered owner

Individual — the name of an individual registrant is shown to signed-in users. Sign in

Lancaster, PA

Certificate issued

2022-04-25

Airworthiness date

2009-12-27

Registration expires

2029-04-30

Airworthiness class

Experimental · light-sport

Mode S (hex)

A38ED6

Mode S (octal)

50707326

Seats (type)

Weight class

up to 12,499 lb

Status

Current as of October 2026

Registry history

Timeline

2029-04-30
Registration expires (renewal due).
2022-09-21
Accident at Southern Shores, NC; damage: substantial.
2022-04-25
Certificate of registration issued as N3283N to the current registrant.
2009-12-27
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (light-sport)).
2005
Manufactured (2005).
1972-04-25
N3283N previously assigned to a Piper J-3 Cub (s/n 22483); cancelled.

Overview

About N3283N

N3283N is a 2005 Northwing Design Apache Sport, serial number 6199. It is registered to an individual in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 25, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a weight-shift trike, one Rotax 503DC engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (light-sport), dated December 27, 2009.

N3283N 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

2022-09-21 Accident · Southern Shores, NC Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · ERA22LA427

Reported aircraft: Northwing Design Apache Sport

Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control due to movement of the outer portion of the right wing fabric and displacement of wing ribs for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

1967-04-26 Accident · Amityville, Ny, 32 Damage: Substantial NTSB · 3 1301

Reported aircraft: Piper J-3 — a different aircraft that carried the N3283N registration before this airframe.

Probable cause: 3 PARKED ACFT,SUBST DAMAGE,REG NOS UNKNOWN.

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.