# N297DB: Cessna 421C, registration cancelled 2018-01-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 3, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Cessna 421C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (registry code 2076016)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A7CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A7CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 421C0826
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: February 20, 1980
- Certificate issued: September 27, 2011
- Last registry action: September 27, 2011
- Mode S code: A30FC8
- Owner when cancelled: [Sdsef Leasing LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SDSEF%20LEASING%20LLC)
- Location: [Miami Lakes, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Miami%20Lakes)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 25.9046° N, 80.3021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33014, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N297DB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=297DB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N297DB-2018-01-03

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Cessna 421C: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 98ZZZX503](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/98ZZZX503), Jan 30, 1998: VALVE. WORN. CYLINDERS REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE DUE TO INCREASED OIL CONSUMPTION REPORTS. UPON REMOVAL, AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF ROCKER ARM TO VALVE CLEARANCE WAS NOTICED ON TH

## NTSB investigations (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 ERA13FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA082), Dec 8, 2012: Cessna 421C (N297DB), Lake Worth, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow established engine-out procedures and to maintain a proper airspeed after the total loss of engine power on one of the airplane’s two engines during the initial climb.…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 20121208027799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121208027799A), Dec 8, 2012: Cessna 421C (N297DB), Lantana, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. After take off and less than half a mile from departure end of runway 03, at Lantana airport west Palm Beach, N297DB a Cessna 421 aircraft crash landed in a…

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