# N286BA: 1995 Let L 33 SOLO, registration cancelled 2011-07-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 14, 2011
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [Let L 33 SOLO](https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-33-solo) (registry code 1360309)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G71EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G71EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 940313
- Year built: 1995
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Airworthiness: Standard, glider
- Airworthiness date: February 16, 1996
- Certificate issued: May 3, 2001
- Last registry action: April 20, 2010
- Mode S code: A2E45F
- Owner when cancelled: [Blue Ridge Soaring Society Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BLUE%20RIDGE%20SOARING%20SOCIETY%20INC)
- Location: [New Castle, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/New%20Castle)
- Physical address: [Newcastle, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Newcastle)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.4471° N, 80.2902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 24127, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N286BA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=286BA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N286BA-2011-07-14

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Let L 33 SOLO: https://openairdocs.org/model/let-l-33-solo.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 ERA11LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA234), Apr 10, 2011: Let L 33 Solo (N286BA), New Castle, VA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot incapacitation shortly after takeoff for unknown reasons.
- [NTSB NYC99LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA215), Aug 28, 1999: Let L-33-SOLO (N286BA), Wellington, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point. A factor related to the accident was a downdraft.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20110410006649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110410006649A), Apr 10, 2011: Let L 33 SOLO (N286BA), New Castle, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The pilot was being towed aloft and, according to witnesses, the flight path was irratic. At an altidude of 300 feet AGL and .25 miles from the glider Port,…
- [Accident 19990828025349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828025349A), Aug 28, 1999: Let L33SOLO (N286BA), Wellington, OH, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 28, 1999, about 1345 eastern daylight time, a Let L-33-solo, N286BA, was substantially damaged while landing at the Botsford Airport (67D),…

## Other aircraft with N286BA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N286BA): Iai GULFSTREAM G280, S/N 2111, built 2016

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