N9438F is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Cessna 208 built in 1985. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 9, 2010 when the aircraft was exported to Australia. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Cessna 208 cancelled September 9, 2010
- Serial number
- 20800053
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Turboprop
- Year built
- 1985
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Australia
- Certificate issued
- July 14, 2008
- Last FAA action
- July 14, 2008
- Last owner
- Mccole Kevin (Individual)
Dunbarton, NH - Airworthiness
- Experimental · Research and development
Hughes 269B cancelled August 27, 1973
- Serial number
- 0193
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- New Zealand
- Certificate issued
- May 2, 1973
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Kinzie Industries INC (Corporation)
Alva, OK - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N9438F
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 208 · serial 00053
THE PILOT'S INATTENTIVE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE THE ENGINE OIL TUBE FILLER CAP RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF ENGINE OIL AND OIL PRESSURE AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE FOR WIND CONDITIONS DURING THE FORCED LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ENGINE FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING ON SOFT TERRAIN.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Cessna 208 · serial 20800053
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