# N96YD: 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: June 30, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=96YD
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96YD

## Aircraft that carried N96YD

- [Cancelled 2017-06-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96YD-2017-06-30): Abruzzo R/Peak Express Balloon GROM-1, S/N 798, built 1998. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Peak Express Balloon Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PEAK%20EXPRESS%20BALLOON%20INC), [Albuquerque, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Albuquerque)

## NTSB investigations on N96YD (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 DEN06LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06LA016), Oct 2, 2005: Abruzzo Grom-1 (N96YD), Kendall, KS, minor damage. Probable cause: the downdraft forcing the balloon into the power lines. A contrbuting factor was the clear air turbulence and the power lines.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N96YD (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 20051002028509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051002028509A), Oct 2, 2005: GROM1 (N96YD), Lakin, KS, Minor damage. (-23) During a cross-country competitive flight on October 2, 2005, N96YD, a grom-1 gas balloon, was entangled in power lines near Lakin, KS. While in the…

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