# N16KL: 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 28, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=16KL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16KL

## Aircraft that carried N16KL

- [Cancelled 2018-02-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16KL-2018-02-28): Gilpin Lee B KITFOX OUTBACK, S/N S9812-0176. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Gilpin Lee B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GILPIN%20LEE%20B), [Petersburg, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Petersburg)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16KL-undated): Consolidated Vultee PBY-6A, S/N 63998. Second triennial mailing, no response

## NTSB investigations on N16KL (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 FTW85FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA012), Oct 13, 1984: Consolidated-Vultee PBY-6A (N16KL), Port Isabel, TX, destroyed, 7 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N16KL (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 19841013055499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841013055499A), Oct 13, 1984: Cvac PBY6ABABB (N16KL), Port Isabel, TX, Destroyed, 6 fatal. Impacted water during simulated water landing photographic flight. Nose pitched down during low level run.

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