# N8AS: 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: January 9, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8AS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8AS

## Aircraft that carried N8AS

- [Cancelled 2018-01-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8AS-2018-01-09): Grumman G-44, S/N 1315, built 1943. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Braunstein Michael B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BRAUNSTEIN%20MICHAEL%20B), [Craryville, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Craryville)

## NTSB investigations on N8AS (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 ERA13FA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA225), May 2, 2013: Grumman G-44 (N8AS), Catskill, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s misjudgment of the airplane’s altitude above the water and early flare for a landing on water with a glassy condition, which led to the airplane exceeding its critical angle-of-attack and…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8AS (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 20130502009369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130502009369A), May 2, 2013: Grumman G-44 (N8AS), Catskill, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Upon approach to the hudson river, the aircraft experienced a sharp left bank and nose down attitude crashing into the river destroying the aircraft.

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