# N391DS: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 3
- Last cancelled: May 16, 2019
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=391DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N391DS

## Aircraft that carried N391DS

- [Cancelled 2019-05-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N391DS-2019-05-16): Boeing 737-800A, S/N 64165. Owner: [Boeing Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOEING%20CO), [Renton, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Renton)
- [Cancelled 2011-06-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N391DS-2011-06-06): Boeing 737-8FV, S/N 40596. Owner: [Boeing Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOEING%20CO), [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)
- [Cancelled 2005-12-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N391DS-2005-12-20): Sorrels Donald W VANS RV-6, S/N 20206, built 1991. Exported to United Kingdom. Owner: [Wetherell Richard J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WETHERELL%20RICHARD%20J), [Surprise, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Surprise)

## NTSB investigations on N391DS (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 SEA91LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA91LA243), Sep 18, 1991: Donald W. Sorrels Vans RV-6 (N391DS), Kennewick, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE LOSS OF POWER DUE TO THE PILOT/BUILDER'S IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF THE ENGINE IDLE SPEED. A FACTOR RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

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