# N298AR: 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 20, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=298AR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N298AR

## Aircraft that carried N298AR

- [Cancelled 2017-07-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N298AR-2017-07-20): World Flight WF-1, S/N 001, built 1997. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [World Flight Limited Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WORLD%20FLIGHT%20LIMITED%20COMPANY), [Mojave, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Mojave)

## NTSB investigations on N298AR (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 FTW98FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA089), Jan 9, 1998: Cameron R-420 (N298AR), Yeso, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: The rupture of the gas cell bottom (diaphragm) due to inadequate manufacturer's design and inadequate manufacturing quality control. A factor was the flight crew's performance of an emergency bailout…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N298AR (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 19980109000559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980109000559A), Jan 9, 1998: Camron R420 (N298AR), Yeso, NM, Destroyed. At FL274 loud whoosh noise. Balloon ascended to FL330. More noise and jolts. Dumped helium. Descended. Bailed out (.4) the global hilton roziere gas balloon…

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