# N311DS: 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: August 6, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=311DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N311DS

## Aircraft that carried N311DS

- [Cancelled 2013-08-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N311DS-2013-08-06): Beech F90, S/N LA-41, built 1980. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Dallas, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dallas)

## NTSB investigations on N311DS (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 FTW91FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91FA029), Jan 11, 1991: Beech F-90 (N311DS), Nacogdoches, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF THRUST DUE TO THE PROPELLER'S FEATHERING ON LIFTOFF AS A RESULT OF IMPROPER ADJUSTMENTS MADE DURING AN ENGINE CHANGE. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN TO WHICH THE PILOT COULD…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N311DS (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 19910111000389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910111000389A), Jan 11, 1991: Beech F90 (N311DS), Nacogdoches, TX, Destroyed. Engines surged on takeoff props went to feather. Settled into trees. Indicates selenoid linkages improper setting.

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