N3046Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 182E built in 1962. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 25, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".
Cessna 182E cancelled September 25, 2012
- Serial number
- 18254046
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1962
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- May 17, 1990
- Last FAA action
- June 16, 1999
- Last owner
- Lennox William S (Co-owned)
Mckinleyville, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard
NTSB accident and incident record under N3046Y
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182E · serial 18254046
THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO IMC CONDITIONS. THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE, HIS DISREGARD TO THE PREFLIGHT METEOROLOGICAL BRIEFING HE RECEIVED, LOW CEILINGS, FOG, AND THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OVER WHICH THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
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