# N8998Y: 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: December 20, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8998Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8998Y

## Aircraft that carried N8998Y

- [Cancelled 2018-12-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8998Y-2018-12-20): Piper PA-18-150, S/N 18-7509132, built 1975. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Larry William G](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LARRY%20WILLIAM%20G), [Fairbanks, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Fairbanks)

## NTSB investigations on N8998Y (3)

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 ANC16LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC16LA060), Aug 27, 2016: Piper PA 18-150 (N8998Y), Salcha, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain.
- [NTSB ANC11CA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC11CA115), Sep 26, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N8998Y), Fairbanks, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's hard landing in a gusting wind.
- [NTSB ANC77DAH04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH04-201352), Oct 15, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N8998Y), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8998Y (3)

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 20160827025279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160827025279A), Aug 27, 2016: Piper PA-18-150 (N8998Y), North Pole, AK, Destroyed. Student pilot met his instructor at chena marina where they both intended on flying to koole lake. His plan was to follow his flight instructor and to rely on…
- [Accident 20110925027959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110925027959A), Sep 25, 2011: Piper PA-18-150 (N8998Y), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Airman states that upon a return flight from birch lake, AK to Chena Marina, AK he was landing at Chena Marina (AK28) and "the air just gave out from under me"…
- [Accident 19761015033889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761015033889A), Oct 15, 1976: Piper PA18150 (N8998Y), Skwentna, AK, Substantial damage. Ran into chuck holes.

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