N2735A (Cessna 414A) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on June 29, 1959.

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

August 2, 2016Accident
The instrument-rated commercial pilot departed from an airport adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico with an instrument flight rules clearance for a cross-country flight in dark night, visual meteorological conditions. The flight continued in a south-southwesterly direction, climbing to about 900 ft over the gulf, where it entered a steep right turn.
Cessna 414 Chancellor · 1 fatalities
The pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation shortly after takeoff, while maneuvering over water during dark night conditions. Full accident record

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1979 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N2735A.

May 12, 1959AccidentHull loss
Capital Airlines Flight 983 of May 12, 1959, a Constellation model L-049, N 2735A, following a landing at 1529 e.s.t., on a wet runway, was intentionally ground looped and during the maneuver skidded and slid down a steep embankment beyond the boundary of the airport at Charleston, West Virginia.
Constellation model L-049 · 2 fatalities
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's action of landing the aircraft too fast on the wet runway under conditions conducive to aquaplaning, making early deceleration impossible. An additional factor was the poor coordination of the crew throughout the approach and landing. Full accident record