# N16561: 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: December 12, 1975
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=16561
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16561

## Aircraft that carried N16561

- [Cancelled 1975-12-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16561-1975-12-12): Piper PA-28-140, S/N 28-7325299. Exported to Canada. Owner: [C G Air Center Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/C%20G%20AIR%20CENTER%20INC), [Greenville, MS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MS/Greenville)
- [Cancelled 1948-04-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16561-1948-04-16): Aeronca LB, S/N 2048, built 1936. Owner: [Hemsted Don](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HEMSTED%20DON), [Redding, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Redding)

## NTSB investigations on N16561 (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 CEN10IA157](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10IA157), Mar 13, 2010: Embraer EMB-145LR (N16561), Chicago, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An in-flight encounter with lightning. Contributing to the incident was the damaged and displaced tailcone bulkhead frame that inhibited the full travel of the elevator during approach.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N16561 (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 20100312029139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100312029139I), Mar 12, 2010: Embraer EMB-145LR (N16561), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. The aircraft was struck by lightning in the vicinity of monkz intersection (approx. 37 miles se Chicago, IL) at an altitude of 7000 ft. MSL while receiving…

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