N2966X — 1979 Piper PA-32-300

Aircraft record

Serial number

32-7940233

Manufacturer

Piper

Model

PA-32-300

Year

1979

Category

Fixed wing single-engine

Engine

Lycoming Io-540 Ser

Registration

Deregistered

View the FAA registry record for N2966X →

Accident & incident history

1. CEN15FA268Jun 14, 2015Cuba, MOFatal · 1 fatal

   The pilot's continued flight into thunderstorm activity, which resulted in his loss of airplane control, the exceedance of the airplane's design limits, and its subsequent in-flight breakup. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's reliance on onboard weather equipment to navigate through severe weather.

Registration timeline

Ownership and registration events for this airframe (the 1979 Piper PA-32-300).

1. Mar 9, 2018deregistered — Limb-a-nator Llc

Earlier aircraft on this N-number

The tail number N2966X was previously assigned to a different aircraft. A registration number can be reused across unrelated airframes over decades — these are not the 1979 Piper PA-32-300 above.

• until Jun 5, 1970Cessna 177 (s/n 17700366)

Frequently asked

Has N2966X been in an accident?

Yes. N2966X appears in 1 NTSB accident record, the most recent in 2015.

What kind of aircraft is N2966X?

N2966X is a 1979 Piper PA-32-300 (fixed wing single-engine), serial number 32-7940233.

Has N2966X been in a fatal accident?

An NTSB record for N2966X (CEN15FA268) is classified with a fatal highest injury level.