# N3257C: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: July 6, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3257C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3257C

## Aircraft that carried N3257C

- [Cancelled 2017-07-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3257C-2017-07-06): Drepin Oieg T-BIRD II, S/N A0050T, built 2005. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Drepin Oieg](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DREPIN%20OIEG), [Goshen, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Goshen)
- [Cancelled 2003-07-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3257C-2003-07-08): Beech E35, S/N D-3922, built 1953. Second triennial mailing, no response. Owner: [Fullington Air Freight Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FULLINGTON%20AIR%20FREIGHT%20INC), [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)

## NTSB investigations on N3257C (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 MIA97LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA093), Mar 4, 1997: Beech E35 (N3257C), Nashville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a stuck (jammed) fuel selector valve, due to corrosion from a fuel drain spring, which resulted in fuel starvation, loss of engine power, a forced landing, and subsequent impact with trees. A factor…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3257C (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 19970304002079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970304002079A), Mar 4, 1997: Beech E35 (N3257C), Nashville, GA, Substantial damage. En route unable budge fuel selector. Low fuel. Quit of fineal. Hit tree short of runway. Selector jammed by rust. (-23) unable to move fuel selector from left…

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