# N3179K: 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: December 20, 2001
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3179K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3179K

## Aircraft that carried N3179K

- [Cancelled 2001-12-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3179K-2001-12-20): Hispano Aviacion HA-200 SAETA, S/N 20/46, built 1965. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Hiser Gregory K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HISER%20GREGORY%20K), [Wichita, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Wichita)

## NTSB investigations on N3179K (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 FTW97LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA007), Oct 5, 1996: Hispano Aviacion HA-200 Saeta (N3179K), Elk City, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of aircraft control due to a fuel imbalance as a result of a partial failure of the fuel jettison system. A factor was that fuel could not be transferred from the left wing tip fuel tank to…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3179K (2)

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 19961005034439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961005034439A), Oct 5, 1996: Hspavn HA200 (N3179K), Elk City, OK, Substantial damage. Fuel inbalance en route. Diverted. On final tried dump wingtip tanks. One tank dumped only. Cable had jammed. (-23) pilot departed mid-continent airport (ict),…
- [Incident 19851015064519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851015064519I), Oct 15, 1985: Bell 222B (N3179K), Norwood, MA. During taxi, rotorwash caused a J3 cub to strike a backhoe. Aircraft had been untied by construction crew.

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