# N117FJ: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: July 18, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=117FJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117FJ

## Aircraft that carried N117FJ

- [Cancelled 2017-07-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117FJ-2017-07-18): Grumman American Avn. G-1159, S/N 229, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [J T Aviation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/J%20T%20AVIATION), [New York, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/New%20York)

## NTSB investigations on N117FJ (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 NYC97FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA062), Mar 25, 1997: Grumman American G-1159 (N117FJ), Flushing, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: the tower controller's inadequate service by clearing the airplane to land on the same runway, where he had previously cleared a maintenance vehicle to perform maintenance to the runway centerline…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N117FJ (2)

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 19970325003519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970325003519A), Mar 25, 1997: Gulstm G1159 (N117FJ), New York, NY, Substantial damage. Struck a unlighted vehicle on the runway. ATC gave around too late. ATC neglegent clearing 117 ft land rwy blocked.
- [Accident 19890710021439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890710021439A), Jul 10, 1989: Gulstm G1159 (N117FJ), Substantial damage. Encountered severe turbulence and struck ground short of runway.

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