# N297JS: 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 12, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=297JS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297JS

## Aircraft that carried N297JS

- [Cancelled 2018-07-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297JS-2018-07-12): Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18 E, S/N 29690, built 2015. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Shepherd Joseph M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHEPHERD%20JOSEPH%20M), [Edgewood, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Edgewood)

## NTSB investigations on N297JS (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 CEN15LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA253), Jun 3, 2015: Schleicher ASW27 - 18E (N297JS), Lamy, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of glider control for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence and the glider’s severe fragmentation.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N297JS (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 20150603009769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150603009769A), Jun 3, 2015: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27-18E (N297JS), Lamy, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On June 3, 2015, at approximately 1430 MDT, an Alexander Schleicher ASW27-18E glider, N297JS, colllided with the ground appproximately 3 miles sse of lamey, NM…

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