# N66343: 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: February 12, 1997
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=66343
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66343

## Aircraft that carried N66343

- [Cancelled 1997-02-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66343-1997-02-12): Beech C23, S/N M2206. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Riverside Air Service](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RIVERSIDE%20AIR%20SERVICE), [Riverside, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Riverside)

## NTSB investigations on N66343 (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 LAX96FA236](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA236), Jun 19, 1996: Beech C23 (N66343), Los Angeles, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: company maintenance personnel's inadequate service of the magneto system, and their failure of to replace the electric fuel boost pump, which led to a malfunctioning right magneto and an inoperative…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N66343 (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 19960619014459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960619014459A), Jun 19, 1996: Beech C23 (N66343), Burbank, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Lost power on climbout. Wing hit light pole and fence. Defect in right mag fuel pump inop was original since new.
- [Incident 19850324014739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850324014739I), Mar 24, 1985: Beech C23 (N66343), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Touched down in nose low attitude. Damage to propeller, nose gear and cowling. No mechanical failure found.

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