# N298AR: 1997 World Flight WF-1, registration cancelled 2017-07-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 20, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [World Flight WF-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/world-flight-wf-1) (registry code 05605IF)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 001
- Year built: 1997
- Type of aircraft: Balloon
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: January 7, 1998
- Certificate issued: October 8, 1997
- Last registry action: November 14, 2000
- Mode S code: A31342
- Owner when cancelled: [World Flight Limited Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WORLD%20FLIGHT%20LIMITED%20COMPANY)
- Location: [Mojave, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Mojave)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0525° N, 118.1740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mojave, CA, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N298AR
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=298AR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N298AR-2017-07-20

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 World Flight WF-1: https://openairdocs.org/model/world-flight-wf-1.md

## 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 FTW98FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA089), Jan 9, 1998: Cameron R-420 (N298AR), Yeso, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: The rupture of the gas cell bottom (diaphragm) due to inadequate manufacturer's design and inadequate manufacturing quality control. A factor was the flight crew's performance of an emergency bailout…

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