# N171MB: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: July 19, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=171MB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N171MB

## Aircraft that carried N171MB

- [Cancelled 2017-07-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N171MB-2017-07-19): Polaris Motors 582 FIB, S/N E3503-K897, built 2007. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Rowe David E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROWE%20DAVID%20E), [Lexington, SC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SC/Lexington)

## NTSB investigations on N171MB (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 ERA09LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA281), May 4, 2009: Polaris Motors 582 FIB (N171MB), Lexington, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The non-certificated pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the non-certificated pilot’s lack of…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N171MB (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 20090504007609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090504007609A), May 4, 2009: Polari 582FIB (N171MB), Lexington, SC, Destroyed. (-23) On may 04, 2009, at about 1430 eastern standard time, a polaris F1B experimental aircraft N171MB registered to [privacy data omitted] operating as 14 CFR…

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