# N3855C: 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: June 14, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=3855C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3855C

## Aircraft that carried N3855C

- [Cancelled 2017-06-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3855C-2017-06-14): Cessna 421C, S/N 421C0121, built 1976. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Wingett Gerald N](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WINGETT%20GERALD%20N), [El Paso, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/El%20Paso)
- [Cancelled 1956-05-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3855C-1956-05-24): Cessna 180, S/N 31003. Exported to Argentina. Owner: [Dumat Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DUMAT%20CORPORATION), [New York, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/New%20York)

## NTSB investigations on N3855C (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 FTW03FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03FA055), Dec 4, 2002: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Tajique, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors contributing to the accident were the high mountains, mountain obscuration, the dark night condition, and the pilot's improper in-flight…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N3855C (4)

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 20021203036219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021203036219A), Dec 3, 2002: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Tijique, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On December 3, 2002 at approximately 2035 mountain standard time, a Cessna 421C twin-engine airplane registered to gerald n. wingett and victoria k.…
- [Incident 19900127009849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900127009849I), Jan 27, 1990: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Navajo Dam, NM, Minor damage. On takeoff uneven power caused aircraft to veer off runway. Nose gear collapsed. Runway slick.
- [Incident 19840507027729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840507027729I), May 7, 1984: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Midland, TX, Minor damage. While taxiing to park the nose landing gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19830406033949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830406033949I), Apr 6, 1983: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Midland, TX, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed on the takeoff roll. No defects found except metal shavings may have shorted gear selector.

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