# N8238Y: 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 8, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8238Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8238Y

## Aircraft that carried N8238Y

- [Cancelled 2013-07-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8238Y-2013-07-08): Piper PA-30, S/N 30-1364, built 1966. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Hansen Gordon S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HANSEN%20GORDON%20S), [Placentia, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Placentia)

## NTSB investigations on N8238Y (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 LAX94FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA047), Nov 15, 1993: Piper PA-30 (N8238Y), Brea, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CHOICE OF AN INADEQUATE CRUISE ALTITUDE OVER ROLLING HILL TERRAIN WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH HELIUM BALLOONS AND AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8238Y (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 19931115042869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931115042869A), Nov 15, 1993: Piper PA30 (N8238Y), Brea, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Observed popping sound and debris from aircraft then dive vertically to impact. Debris appears from baloon cluster.

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