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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N4259Y

N4259Y is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Preiss Heinrich K HP-19C built in 1981. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 29, 2012. The last status on file was "sale reported, pending cancellation".

Preiss Heinrich K HP-19C cancelled November 29, 2012

Serial number
002
Type
Glider · None
Year built
1981
Last status
Sale reported, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
—
Last FAA action
September 24, 1987
Last owner
Sale Reported (Individual)
Boone, NC
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built

NTSB accident and incident record under N4259Y

ATL86FMG08Accident on June 21, 1986 at Boone, NC: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: H. Preiss HP-19C · serial 002

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