# N8217A: Ica Brasov IS-29D2, registration cancelled 2000-09-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 20, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Ica Brasov IS-29D2](https://openairdocs.org/model/ica-brasov-is-29d2) (registry code 4490106)
- Data sheets: [TCDS G41EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/G41EU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 207
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Certificate issued: August 27, 1997
- Last registry action: August 15, 2000
- Mode S code: AB37E0
- Owner when cancelled: [Broadwell Robert J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BROADWELL%20ROBERT%20J)
- Location: [Long Beach, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Long%20Beach)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 33.7542° N, 118.1324° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90803, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8217A
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8217A
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8217A-2000-09-20

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 Ica Brasov IS-29D2: https://openairdocs.org/model/ica-brasov-is-29d2.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 LAX99LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA192), May 22, 1999: I.C.A. Brasov IS-29D2 (N8217A), Tehachapi, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain a proper glide path due to an inadvertent encounter with an area of high sink rate conditions. The mountainous/hilly nature of the terrain which limited the pilot's…

## 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 19990522005549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522005549A), May 22, 1999: Brasov IS29D2 (N8217A), Tehachapi, CA, Substantial damage. Ica Brasov IS-29D2 glider took off, was attempting to return to the arpt, landed in a field, and came to rest in a ditch, other circumstances are unknown.…

## Other aircraft with N8217A

- [Cancelled 1992-03-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8217A-1992-03-12): Pilatus PC-6/B1-H2, S/N 620. Exported to France. Owner: [Claget And Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLAGET%20AND%20COMPANY), [Dallas, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dallas)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8217A-undated): Cessna 170B, S/N 25069. Triennial form not returned

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