N24894 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 152 built in 1977. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 10, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 152 cancelled September 10, 2012
- Serial number
- 15280437
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Four-cycle piston
- Year built
- 1977
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- April 17, 1990
- Last FAA action
- May 14, 1996
- Last owner
- Tafta James C (Co-owned)
Slocum, RI - Airworthiness
- Standard · Utility
Piper J4B cancelled October 1, 1940
- Serial number
- 4-758
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Des Moines Flying Service INC (Corporation)
Des Moines, IA - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N24894
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-31-T1040 · serial 31-T-8275001
THE EXCESSIVE FUEL PRESSURE DURING INFLIGHT FUEL TRANSFERRING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RUPTURE OF THE WING TANK AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE WING. ALSO CAUSAL TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE INADEQUATE FUEL TANK VENT SYSTEM AND THE INACCURATE FUEL QUANTITY SYSTEM.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 152 · serial 15280437
THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. PROBABLE FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES/DIRECTIVES, AND HIS LACK OF PROPER CERTIFICATION (QUALIFICATION) FOR THIS FLIGHT.
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