N8398Z is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Piper PA-32R-301 built in 1981. The FAA cancelled the registration on February 7, 2003. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Piper PA-32R-301 cancelled February 7, 2003
- Serial number
- 32R-8113079
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1981
- Last status
- Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
- Certificate issued
- October 28, 1996
- Last FAA action
- November 19, 2002
- Last owner
- Midwest Corporate Air (Corporation)
Palos Heights, IL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Cessna 210-5(205) cancelled date not given
- Serial number
- 205-0398
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Switzerland
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Cessna Aircraft (Corporation)
Wichita, KS - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8398Z
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-32R-301 · serial 32R-8113079
The pilot's improper evaluation of weather conditions which lead to an inflight encounter with turbulent weather resulting in an in flight break up of the airframe, and subsequent uncontrolled descent into terrain. A factor was the pilot's drug impairment.
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