# N140FS: 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: February 26, 2025
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=140FS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140FS

## Aircraft that carried N140FS

- [Cancelled 2025-02-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N140FS-2025-02-26): Cessna 172M, S/N 17261874, built 1973. Owner: [Custom Air International LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CUSTOM%20AIR%20INTERNATIONAL%20LLC), [Homestead, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Homestead)
- [Cancelled 1995-06-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N140FS-1995-06-05): Britten-Norman BN2A-26 ISLANDER, S/N 170. Exported to Panama. Owner: [Four Star Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FOUR%20STAR%20AVIATION%20INC), [St Thomas, VI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VI/St%20Thomas)

## NTSB investigations on N140FS (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 ERA24LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA030), Oct 31, 2023: Cessna 172 (N140FS), Pembroke Pines, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control and descent into terrain due to spatial disorientation during a solo night cross country flight. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s self-reported…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N140FS (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.

- [Accident 20231031020359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231031020359A), Oct 31, 2023: Cessna 172M (N140FS), Pembroke Pines, FL, Destroyed. Part 91 flight in night VMC conditions, pilot became spatially disoriented and subsequently impacted the ground, aircraft was destroyed and pilot sustained…

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