N342E is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Beech E18S built in 1957. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 3, 2012. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Beech E18S cancelled October 3, 2012
- Serial number
- BA-308
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1957
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- May 8, 1991
- Last FAA action
- June 5, 2003
- Last owner
- Tomy Int INC DBA (Corporation)
Honolulu, HI - Airworthiness
- Standard
Bellanca CH cancelled December 15, 1936
- Serial number
- 126
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Coeurd'Alene Air Transport INC (Corporation)
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N342E
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech E18S · serial BA-308
THE CAPTAIN'S DECISION TO CONTINUE VISUAL FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS THAT OBSCURED RISING MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND HIS FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE AVAILABLE NAVIGATIONAL INFORMATION TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE ISLAND OF MAUI. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FAILURE OF SCENIC AIR TOURS TO CONDUCT SUBSTANTIVE PILOT PREEMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND SCREENING, AND THE FAILURE OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TO REQUIRE COMMERCIAL OPERATORS TO CONDUCT SUBSTANTIVE PILOT PREEMPLOYMENT SCREENING. (NTSB REPORT AAR-93/01)
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