# N3309W: 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: August 13, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3309W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3309W

## Aircraft that carried N3309W

- [Cancelled 2013-08-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3309W-2013-08-13): Piper PA-32-260, S/N 32-146, built 1965. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Bouton Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOUTON%20SERVICES%20INC), [Fishers Island, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Fishers%20Island)

## NTSB investigations on N3309W (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 NYC90FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA036), Nov 28, 1989: Piper PA-32-260 (N3309W), Coventry, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT INITIATING VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC ON A DARK NIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO THE GROUND. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR(S) WAS: THE ADVERSE…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3309W (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 19891128047429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891128047429A), Nov 28, 1989: Piper PA32260 (N3309W), Coventry, CT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Rain and fog. Felt need to go due to job. Rain fog near zero in crash area. Spatial spiral dive.

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