CHACO JOHN R· ICAO24 a32e1b· last seen 27d ago

N3039S is a Socata TB-20 Trinidad, a single-engine piston aircraft operated by CHACO JOHN R. SkyMeter has tracked 22 flights totalling 35 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is KMYF to KMYF. Service window in our records spans 223 days. Of those flights, 2 (9.1%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Socata TB-20 Trinidad has a 33 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 3,080 lb.

About the Socata TB-20 Trinidad

The Socata TB-20 Trinidad is a French-built single-engine touring aircraft that carved out a niche as one of the most capable four-seat piston singles of the 1980s and 1990s. Manufactured by Socata (now part of Daher), the Trinidad entered production in 1977 as part of the TB family, sharing its distinctive low-wing design and sliding canopy with the two-seat TB-10 Tobago but offering significantly more power and performance. With a 250-horsepower Lycoming IO-540 engine, the TB-20 cruises at around 160 knots true airspeed and can carry four adults plus baggage over 900 nautical miles, making it a genuine cross-country tourer that competes with the Piper Arrow and Beechcraft Bonanza in capability if not quite in speed.

The type's handling is famously harmonious, with light, responsive controls and excellent visibility through the bubble canopy, traits that made it popular with European flying clubs and private owners who valued refinement over raw performance. Production continued until 2009, with later GT and GTx variants adding fuel injection and glass cockpits. SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the largest observed operator.

FLIGHTS
22
all time
FLOWN HOURS
35
tracked time
📍
AIRPORTS VISITED
7
unique
📡
CALLSIGNS
1
9 routes
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
11/01/2025 → 06/13/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
9.1%
2 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

8
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

1

Aircraft specifications

Socata TB-20 Trinidad

Engines
Single Piston
Vref (approach)
75 kt
MTOW
3,080 lb
Wingspan
33 ft
Length
25 ft
Wake category
Light

Recent flights

Newest 15 operations of N3039S

15
06/07/2026
1h 52m
△ Unstable approach
06/06/2026
8h 5m
△ Unstable approach
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