N42908 is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Gastmeyer Brad A CHALLENGER II. The FAA cancelled the registration on May 6, 2015. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation". The number has been on and off the register 3 times.
Gastmeyer Brad A CHALLENGER II cancelled May 6, 2015
- Serial number
- CH2-0292B-0803
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 1995
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 1998
- Last owner
- Gastmeyer Brad A (Individual)
Lake Worth, FL - Airworthiness
- None on file
Piper J3C-65 cancelled October 11, 1991
- Serial number
- 15243
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1948
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- France
- Certificate issued
- January 21, 1948
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Mid America Aviation INC (Corporation)
Bloomington, IL - Airworthiness
- None on file
Cessna 182L cancelled October 10, 1989
- Serial number
- 18259248
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N42908
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 182L · serial 18259248
FAILURE OF THE NUMBER FIVE CYLINDER PISTON, FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, INITIATING AN ENGINE FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING IN UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.
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