# N434SW: Erickson Verdie B SHA GLASAIR TD, registration cancelled 2012-07-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 30, 2012
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Erickson Verdie B SHA GLASAIR TD](https://openairdocs.org/model/erickson-verdie-b-sha-glasair-td) (registry code 05655NA)
- Serial number: 434
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: July 31, 2000
- Last registry action: July 21, 2009
- Mode S code: A5339F
- Owners when cancelled: [Erickson Verdie B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ERICKSON%20VERDIE%20B), [Smith Jerry L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SMITH%20JERRY%20L)
- Location: [Walla Walla, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Walla%20Walla)
- Owner type: Partnership
- Owner's area on the map: 46.1011° N, 118.3136° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99362, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434SW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=434SW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N434SW-2012-07-30

From the FAA registry file of October 27, 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 Erickson Verdie B SHA GLASAIR TD: https://openairdocs.org/model/erickson-verdie-b-sha-glasair-td.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 SEA04LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA027), Dec 15, 2003: Erickson SHA Glasair TD (N434SW), Vansycle, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance with the anemometer pole/wires during low altitude flight. Contributing factors were the pole and the pilot's low altitude flight.

## 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 20031215033029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031215033029A), Dec 15, 2003: Amtr GLASAIRTD (N434SW), Helix, OR, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) N434SW hit a data collection control tower during a pleasure flight. Aircraft destroyed; two fatalities. Tower was/is located in class g airspace, paint…

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