# N297DB: 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: January 3, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=297DB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297DB

## Aircraft that carried N297DB

- [Cancelled 2018-01-03](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297DB-2018-01-03): Cessna 421C, S/N 421C0826. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Sdsef Leasing LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SDSEF%20LEASING%20LLC), [Miami Lakes, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami%20Lakes)

## NTSB investigations on N297DB (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 ERA13FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA082), Dec 8, 2012: Cessna 421C (N297DB), Lake Worth, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow established engine-out procedures and to maintain a proper airspeed after the total loss of engine power on one of the airplane’s two engines during the initial climb.…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N297DB (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 20121208027799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121208027799A), Dec 8, 2012: Cessna 421C (N297DB), Lantana, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. After take off and less than half a mile from departure end of runway 03, at Lantana airport west Palm Beach, N297DB a Cessna 421 aircraft crash landed in a…

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