N23459 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Bell 430. The FAA cancelled the registration on August 17, 2000 when the aircraft was exported to Bulgaria. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Bell 430 cancelled August 17, 2000
- Serial number
- 49061
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Bulgaria
- Certificate issued
- January 31, 2000
- Last FAA action
- January 31, 2000
- Last owner
- Bell Helicopter Textron INC (Corporation)
Fort Worth, TX - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 172M cancelled July 9, 1996
- Serial number
- 17264089
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- January 28, 1987
- Last FAA action
- January 17, 1996
- Last owner
- Tippy Marshall W (Co-owned)
Albuquerque, NM - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N23459
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 172M · serial 17264089
THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AND PROPER ALTITUDE. FACTORS WERE THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO OBTAIN A PREFLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING, DARK NIGHT CONDITION, AND WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDED OBSCURATION, FOG, AND DRIZZLE.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site