Accident · substantial damage
Feb 2, 2021 · Toulouse, OF- Damage
- Substantial
- Report
- GAA21WA026
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for GAA21WA026)
N8618G1979 Cessna 340A
DeregisteredUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 20, 2026
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Oct 18, 2025.
Safety record in brief:1 NTSB accident (substantial damage, Feb 2021)5 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Last registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Bayonne
- Canceled
- Oct 18, 2025
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- May 25, 1979
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Model
- 340A
- Year
- 1979
- Serial number
- 340A0708
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- ABD605
Engine
- Make and model
- Cont Motor Tsio-520 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 300 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- until 2025Individual ownerBayonne
- until 1966Cessna Aircraft CoWichita, KS · different airframe: Cessna 150f S/N 15062718
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (1)
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (5)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17-08 | Elevator Tab Control System | Sep 12, 2016 | Airframe (340A) |
| 2009-16-03 | Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) IO-520, TSIO-520, and IO-550 Series Reciprocating… | Sep 9, 2009 | Engine (TSIO-520 SER)Only with: SAP investment cast cylinder assemblies P/Ns SA52000-A1, SA52000-A20P, SA52000-A21P, SA52000-A22P, SA52000-A23P, SA55000-A1, or SA55000-A20P installed. |
| 2000-01-16 | Cessna Aircraft Company 300 and 400 Series Airplanes | Feb 15, 2000 | Airframe (340A) |
| 98-24-14 | Cessna Aircraft Company Models 340A and 414A Airplanes | Dec 21, 1998 | Airframe (340A)Certain serial numbers: 340A 215–1817; 414A 1–1212. Only with: Equipped with any WYE tube P/N 9910299-25 or P/N 9910299-26 in the engine exhaust system. |
| 98-04-28 | Cessna Aircraft Company Models T303, 310R, T310R, 335, 340A, 402B, 402C, 404, F406, 414… | Mar 13, 1998 | Airframe (340A) |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Landing gear · gear warn · malfunctionFeb 5, 1997
RIGHT GEAR LIGHT MALFUNCTION DUE TO SUSPECTED MICROSWITCH STICKING ON RIGHT GEAR (GEAR WAS FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED WHEN RT GEAR LIGHT STILL NOT OPERATING). ACFT WAS JACKED UP/GEAR CYCLED. FAULT COULD NOT BE REPLICATED, BUT MICROSWITCH AND GEAR RE-OILED AND LUBRICATED.
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026