# N98MP: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: July 30, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=98MP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98MP

## Aircraft that carried N98MP

- [Cancelled 2013-07-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98MP-2013-07-30): Hughes 369A, S/N 680542. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Murrieta, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Murrieta)
- [Cancelled 1994-07-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98MP-1994-07-21): Beech B-55, S/N TF14. Owner: [Missouri State Highway Patrol](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MISSOURI%20STATE%20HIGHWAY%20PATROL), [Jefferson City, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Jefferson%20City)

## NTSB investigations on N98MP (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 CHI02TA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02TA239), Aug 7, 2002: Hughes 369A (N98MP), Springfield, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Overload failure of the tail rotor transmission housing (gearbox) for undetermined reasons, which resulted in an inability to adequately control the aircraft.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N98MP (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 20020807027779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020807027779A), Aug 7, 2002: Hughes 369A (N98MP), Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) N98MP, a public use rotor craft operated by the Missouri highway patrol, had just departed the Springfield, MO Downtown airport (3DW) on a south easterly…
- [Accident 19940128001209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940128001209A), Jan 28, 1994: Beech 9555 (N98MP), Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. Landing gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19911023054749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911023054749I), Oct 23, 1991: Piper PA34200T (N98MP), Lexington, MO, Minor damage. After circling the airport on a go-around pilot forgot to lower landing gear and landed gear up.

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