# N434SW: 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: July 30, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=434SW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434SW

## Aircraft that carried N434SW

- [Cancelled 2012-07-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434SW-2012-07-30): Erickson Verdie B SHA GLASAIR TD, S/N 434. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Erickson Verdie B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ERICKSON%20VERDIE%20B), [Walla Walla, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Walla%20Walla)

## NTSB investigations on N434SW (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 SEA04LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA027), Dec 15, 2003: Erickson SHA Glasair TD (N434SW), Vansycle, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance with the anemometer pole/wires during low altitude flight. Contributing factors were the pole and the pilot's low altitude flight.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N434SW (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 20031215033029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031215033029A), Dec 15, 2003: Amtr GLASAIRTD (N434SW), Helix, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) N434SW hit a data collection control tower during a pleasure flight. Aircraft destroyed; two fatalities. Tower was/is located in class g airspace, paint…

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