N229A
Atkinson HIPERBIPE SNS-7 · built 1978
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on April 15, 1953.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
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Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1978 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N229A.
- March 27, 1953Accident
The four engine aircraft left Travis AFB at 2220LT on March 26 on a cargo flight to Honolulu, carrying one passenger and a crew of three. At 0155LT on March 27, while cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet, the engine number four suffered a loss of hydraulic pressure and was shut down and its propeller was feathered.