# N3255Y: 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: November 16, 2005
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3255Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3255Y

## Aircraft that carried N3255Y

- [Cancelled 2005-11-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3255Y-2005-11-16): Let BLANIK L-13, S/N 026304, built 1975. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Classic Soaring Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLASSIC%20SOARING%20INC), [Jonesboro, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Jonesboro)

## NTSB investigations on N3255Y (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 FTW99LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA243), Aug 30, 1999: Let Blanik L-13 (N3255Y), Jonesboro, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of distance/altitude during the final approach to landing, resulting in an undershoot, and collision with a power line pole.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3255Y (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 19990829046509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990829046509A), Aug 29, 1999: N3255Y, Jonesboro, AR, No damage. (-23)While on a glider pleasure flight with a non pilot passenger the aircraft struck a powerline. The pilot reported that his approach was inititally too…

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