# N339SS: 2010 Scaled Composites 339, registration cancelled 2015-02-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 13, 2015
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired
- Airframe: [Scaled Composites 339](https://openairdocs.org/model/scaled-composites-339) (registry code 05627CQ)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 001
- Year built: 2010
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development
- Airworthiness date: October 1, 2014
- Certificate issued: July 23, 2008
- Last registry action: January 23, 2012
- Mode S code: A3B8DF
- Owner when cancelled: [Scaled Composites LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCALED%20COMPOSITES%20LLC)
- Location: [Mojave, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Mojave)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0658° N, 118.2218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 93501, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N339SS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=339SS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N339SS-2015-02-13

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 Scaled Composites 339: https://openairdocs.org/model/scaled-composites-339.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 DCA15MA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15MA019), Oct 31, 2014: Scaled Composites 339 (N339SS), Koehn Dry Lake, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Scaled Composites' failure to consider and protect against the possibility that a single human error could result in a catastrophic hazard to the SpaceShipTwo vehicle. This failure set the stage for…

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