# N8309L: 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: October 2, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8309L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8309L

## Aircraft that carried N8309L

- [Cancelled 2017-10-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8309L-2017-10-02): Piper PA-28-181, S/N 28-8190112, built 1980. Sale reported. Owner: [Crystal, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Crystal)

## NTSB investigations on N8309L (2)

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 ERA14FA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA162), Mar 22, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N8309L), Safety Harbor, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to cocaine use.
- [NTSB CHI97LA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA130), May 13, 1997: Piper PA-28-181 (N8309L), Grayslake, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudgment of the aircraft's speed and runway distance available. Factors were an off-field ditch and a tailwind condition.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8309L (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 20140322002669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140322002669A), Mar 22, 2014: Piper PA-28-181 (N8309L), Safety Harbor, FL, Substantial damage, 2 fatal. Pilot and two female passengers in the back seat of N8309L departed campbell airport, IL (C81) at 19:19 EDT on March 21, 2014. He put 9.4 gal. Of fuel and one…
- [Accident 19970512012919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970512012919A), May 12, 1997: Piper PA28181 (N8309L), Grayslake, IL, Substantial damage. (4.)The pilot stated that on his fourth landing, during a series of night touch and go's, he 'flared the plane and it 'floated' for a long time.' With the end…

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