# N4116Y: 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: March 6, 2021
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4116Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4116Y

## Aircraft that carried N4116Y

- [Cancelled 2021-03-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4116Y-2021-03-06): Bellanca 8GCBC, S/N 232-76, built 1976. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Northern California Soaring Assoc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NORTHERN%20CALIFORNIA%20SOARING%20ASSOC), [Byron, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Byron)

## NTSB investigations on N4116Y (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 WPR20LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA141), May 9, 2020: Bellanca 8GCBC (N4116Y), Byron, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The tow airplane pilot’s loss of control resulting from the glider pilot’s failure to maintain a proper altitude behind the tow airplane, which caused the tail of the tow airplane to be lifted upward…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4116Y (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 20200509004639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200509004639A), May 9, 2020: Bellanca 8GCBC (N4116Y), Byron, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Video shows aircraft N4116Y taking off in tow with glider aircraft N65972. Shortly after take off it appears the glider nose up higher than tow aircraft.…
- [Accident 19900331007412A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900331007412A), Mar 31, 1990: Bbavia 8GCBC (N4116Y), Byron, CA, Minor damage. Parked side of runway 22 engine running waiting to tow glider. Prop and cowl struck by landing sailplane.

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