# N3242P: 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: September 29, 2014
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3242P
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3242P

## Aircraft that carried N3242P

- [Cancelled 2014-09-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3242P-2014-09-29): Piper PA-23-160, S/N 23-1187, built 1957. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Harlan County Ambulance Service Ine](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HARLAN%20COUNTY%20AMBULANCE%20SERVICE%20INE), [Harlan, KY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KY/Harlan)

## NTSB investigations on N3242P (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 IAD80FA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA016), Dec 14, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N3242P), Knoxville, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3242P (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 19791214040889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791214040889A), Dec 14, 1979: Piper PA23 (N3242P), Knoxville, TN, Destroyed. Made takeoff with full up elevator trim. Lost control. Airplane rolled. Impacted vertically adjacent to runway.

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