# N3257: 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 6, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3257
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3257

## Aircraft that carried N3257

- [Cancelled 2012-11-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3257-2012-11-06): Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER, S/N 192, built 1969. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [B&B Partnership](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/B%26B%20PARTNERSHIP), [Rapidan, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Rapidan)

## NTSB investigations on N3257 (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 NYC86FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86FA006), Oct 12, 1985: de Havilland DHC-6 (N3257), Homer City, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3257 (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 19851011056309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851011056309A), Oct 11, 1985: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N3257), Homer City, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal
- [Incident 19800411049159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800411049159I), Apr 11, 1980: Dhav DHC6* (N3257), Springfield, IL. Aircraft ran off runway while making crosswind landing.

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