N-8404C (Piper PA-28R-200) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on May 9, 1952.

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1976 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N-8404C.

April 18, 1952AccidentHull loss
The Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was "the action of the pilot in voluntarily descending below the minimum altitude for which he was cleared, and attempting an approach at an altitude too low to clear the terrain."
Curtiss C-46 Commando · 29 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the action of the pilot in voluntarily descending below the minimum altitude for which he was cleared, and attempting an approach at an altitude too low to clear the terrain. The following findings were pointed out: - Captain Lewis R. Full accident record