# N659PA: 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, 2022
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=659PA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N659PA

## Aircraft that carried N659PA

- [Cancelled 2022-07-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N659PA-2022-07-30): Ascending Technologies ASCTEC FIREFLY, S/N 10157. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [University Of Illinois Urbana Champaign](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNIVERSITY%20OF%20ILLINOIS%20URBANA%20CHAMPAIGN), [Urbana, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Urbana)

## FAA accident and incident reports on N659PA (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.

- [Incident 19791020053099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791020053099I), Oct 20, 1979: Boeing 747121 (N659PA), Newark, NJ. Flight held and vectored longer than anticipated. Declared fuel emergency, ran out of fuel taxiing in.
- [Incident 19780707042649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780707042649I), Jul 7, 1978: Boeing 747121 (N659PA), Los Angeles, CA, Minor damage. Passenger compartment cove light ballast flamed and smoke. Company mechanic on board put fire out, unplugged.

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