# N12508: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: October 30, 1973
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=12508
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12508

## Aircraft that carried N12508

- [Cancelled 1973-10-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12508-1973-10-30): Cessna 172M, S/N 17262029. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Cessna Aircraft Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CESSNA%20AIRCRAFT%20COMPANY), [Wichita, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Wichita)
- [Cancelled 1948-04-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12508-1948-04-06): Beazley Nicholas 8G, S/N K49, built 1932. Owner: [Brooks Edgar Ray](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BROOKS%20EDGAR%20RAY), [Lexington, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Lexington)

## NTSB investigations on N12508 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW97IA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97IA128), Mar 18, 1997: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 (N12508), Houston, TX, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The failure of company maintenance personnel to perform a proper inspection of the combustion chamber outer case, thus allowing a detectable crack to grow to a length at which the case ruptured.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N12508 (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Incident 19970318010279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970318010279I), Mar 18, 1997: Doug DC9 (N12508), Houston, TX. Narrative: just after rotation, the crew heard and felt a sound similar to a compressor stall. Aircraft yawed and no. 2 engine reading dropped with no spiking…

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