# N16297: 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: October 20, 1940
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=16297
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16297

## Aircraft that carried N16297

- [Cancelled 1940-10-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16297-1940-10-20): Aeronca LB, S/N 2033. Owner: [Witherspoon Robert C Etal](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WITHERSPOON%20ROBERT%20C%20ETAL), [Kemmerer, WY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WY/Kemmerer)

## NTSB investigations on N16297 (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 DEN83LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA124), May 31, 1983: Aerospatiale SA-315B (N16297), Kemmerer, WY, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N16297 (1)

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 19830530021939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830530021939A), May 30, 1983: Aerosp SA315B (N16297), Kemmerer, WY, Substantial damage. Took off with long line and load attached. Nose jerked down at end of the line. Crashed inverted.

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