# N6238D: 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: May 23, 2016
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6238D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6238D

## Aircraft that carried N6238D

- [Cancelled 2016-05-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6238D-2016-05-23): Cessna 172N, S/N 17272656, built 1979. Owner: [Skylane Aviation LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SKYLANE%20AVIATION%20LLC), [Charleston, WV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WV/Charleston)

## NTSB investigations on N6238D (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 ERA16FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16FA141), Mar 26, 2016: Cessna 172N (N6238D), Charleston, WV, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to ensure that her seat was properly secured before initiating the takeoff, which resulted in a subsequent loss of control. Contributing was the lack of an installed…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N6238D (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 20160326002399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160326002399A), Mar 26, 2016: Cessna 172N (N6238D), Charleston, WV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The CFI performed an expedited takeoff roll on runway 05 manipulating the airplane controls from the right seat. After an approximate 600 foot takeoff roll the…
- [Incident 20080621842479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621842479I), Jun 21, 2008: Cessna 172N (N6238D), Charleston, WV, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot onfirst solo flight stated that he had made several successful touch and go approaches. Pilot stated that on the last approach to runway 33…

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