# N990RA: 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: July 21, 1997
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=990RA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N990RA

## Aircraft that carried N990RA

- [Cancelled 1997-07-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N990RA-1997-07-21): Piper PA-31-350, S/N 317405417. Sale reported. Owner: [Short Hills, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Short%20Hills)

## NTSB investigations on N990RA (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 DCA94MA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA94MA053), Apr 28, 1994: Piper PA31 (N990RA), Stratford, CT, destroyed, 8 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the captain to use the available ILS glideslope, his failure to execute a go-around when conditions were not suitable for landing, and his failure to land the airplane at a point…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N990RA (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 19940427009289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940427009289A), Apr 27, 1994: Piper PA31350 (N990RA), Bridgeport, CT, Destroyed, 8 fatal. Failed fly ILS approach. High and long. Failed go around. Landed last third. Hit blast fence end of runway.

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