N8277Y

Gardner E W MINI-500 · built 1999

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows 3 earlier aircraft with this mark, the last exported to Brazil on January 30, 1996.

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 1999 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8277Y.

  • October 23, 1985Accident

    THE ACFT HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURE DURING AN IFR FLT AND RADIO/RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THE PLT SAID HE WAS IN & OUT OF THE CLOUDS DURING THE FINAL STAGES OR THE X-COUNTRY FLT. THE CLOUD CEILING WAS ABOUT 800 FT WHERE HE FINALLY DESCENDED & LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED.

    Piper PA-28RT-201T