# N8238Y: 1966 Piper PA-30, registration cancelled 2013-07-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 8, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002)
- Engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A1EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1EA), [TCDS 1E12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 30-1364
- Year built: 1966
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: November 1, 1966
- Certificate issued: August 21, 1991
- Last registry action: August 18, 2009
- Mode S code: AB3F87
- Owners when cancelled: [Hansen Gordon S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HANSEN%20GORDON%20S), [Done Harris N](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DONE%20HARRIS%20N), [Bautista Rummel M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BAUTISTA%20RUMMEL%20M)
- Location: [Placentia, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Placentia)
- Owner type: Partnership
- Owner's area on the map: 33.8812° N, 117.8548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Placentia, CA, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8238Y
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8238Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8238Y-2013-07-08

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 Piper PA-30: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30.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 LAX94FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94FA047), Nov 15, 1993: Piper PA-30 (N8238Y), Brea, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CHOICE OF AN INADEQUATE CRUISE ALTITUDE OVER ROLLING HILL TERRAIN WHICH RESULTED IN AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH HELIUM BALLOONS AND AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.…

## 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 19931115042869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931115042869A), Nov 15, 1993: Piper PA30 (N8238Y), Brea, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Observed popping sound and debris from aircraft then dive vertically to impact. Debris appears from baloon cluster.

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