# N176FB: 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: August 9, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=176FB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N176FB

## Aircraft that carried N176FB

- [Cancelled 2018-08-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N176FB-2018-08-09): Murray Blair L FREE BIRD CLASSIC, S/N 42014, built 2014. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Murray Blair L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MURRAY%20BLAIR%20L), [Kylertown, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Kylertown)

## NTSB investigations on N176FB (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 ERA16LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA010), Oct 12, 2015: Murray Blair L Free Bird Classic (N176FB), Kylertown, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient airspeed during approach for landing, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall/spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of flight…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N176FB (2)

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 20151012018939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151012018939A), Oct 12, 2015: Murray Blair L FREE BIRD CLASSIC (N176FB), Kylertown, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. N176FB, an experimental amateur built aircraft, crashed on route 1011 for unknown reasons.
- [Incident 19980911038159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980911038159I), Sep 11, 1998: Cessna 501 (N176FB), Newark, NJ. (-5)N176FB, CE-501SP, operated by fountain powerboats, inc., Washington, north carolina, departed the (iso) kinton municipal airport on an IFR flight plan…

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