N3855C is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 421C built in 1976. The FAA cancelled the registration on June 14, 2017. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 421C cancelled June 14, 2017
- Serial number
- 421C0121
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1976
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- July 5, 1991
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2009
- Last owner
- Wingett Gerald N (Partnership)
El Paso, TX - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna 180 cancelled May 24, 1956
- Serial number
- 31003
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Argentina
- Certificate issued
- September 15, 1954
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Dumat Corporation (Corporation)
New York, NY - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N3855C
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 421C · serial 0121
The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. Factors contributing to the accident were the high mountains, mountain obscuration, the dark night condition, and the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision making.
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