N304D (Nostalgair N-3 PUP) — routes, history & safety record

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

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

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.

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1991 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N304D.

November 8, 1986Accident
DRG CLB AFTER TKOF, L ENG SEIZED. PLT SAID HE ATMTD 1 ENG RESTART; PROP WOULD NOT ROTATE OR FEATHER. NO EMERG DECLARED. PLT STATED ENG SHUT-DWN PROC WAS USED, SCIENTIFIC BUS SWS WERE SHUT OFF, R GEN WAS RECYCLED & APPEARED TO OPER NORMALLY.PLTS GOT IMT VECTOR TO RTRN TO MARTIN (MTN) ARPT, BUT RADAR CTC WAS LOST FOR ATB 5 MIN.
Beech 65-A80 · 1 fatalities
occurrence #1: loss of engine power (partial) - mech failure/malf phase of operation: climb - to cruise findings 1. (c) fluid, oil - starvation 2. (c) engine assembly, connecting rod - failure, total 3. propeller feathering - not possible 4. Full accident record