# N234VW: 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: March 10, 1997
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=234VW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N234VW

## Aircraft that carried N234VW

- [Cancelled 1997-03-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234VW-1997-03-10): Burkhart Grob GROB G115D, S/N 82010D. Owner: [Magpie Aviation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MAGPIE%20AVIATION), [Juno Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Juno%20Beach)

## NTSB investigations on N234VW (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 ATL96FA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL96FA123), Aug 24, 1996: Burkhart Grob G-115D (N234VW), Indiantown, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: failure of maintenance personnel to rebalance the flight controls after the airplane had been repainted, which resulted in rudder flutter and in-flight breakup of the airplane.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N234VW (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 19960824023789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960824023789A), Aug 24, 1996: Grob G115C (N234VW), Indiantown, FL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft came apart in air during aerobatics. Elevator debonded. Control surfaces fluttered due improper balancing.

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