# N257V: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: July 30, 2022
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=257V
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N257V

## Aircraft that carried N257V

- [Cancelled 2022-07-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257V-2022-07-30): Flight Design CTLS, S/N F-08-05-09, built 2008. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [V K Planes LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/V%20K%20PLANES%20LLC), [Crete, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Crete)
- [Cancelled 1930-12-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N257V-1930-12-22): Multiplane EXPERIMENTAL, S/N 1, built 1929. Owner: [Multiplane Aircraft Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MULTIPLANE%20AIRCRAFT%20CORP), [Waterbury, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Waterbury)

## NTSB investigations on N257V (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 CEN20LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA219), Jun 8, 2020: Flight Design Ctls (N257V), Beecher, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue takeoff after a partial loss of engine power, and the pilot’s subsequent failure to control airplane pitch during a forced landing. Contributing to the accident was…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N257V (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 20200608010939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200608010939A), Jun 8, 2020: Flight Design Gmbh CTLS (N257V), Beecher, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. PIC of N257V had recently departed bult field, IL. (C56). During climb out N257V crashed into a corn field approximately 1.5 miles north east of C56. Aircraft…

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