# N178RB: 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 6, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=178RB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N178RB

## Aircraft that carried N178RB

- [Cancelled 2013-08-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N178RB-2013-08-06): Piper PA-32-300, S/N 32-7840178, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Baird Robert M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BAIRD%20ROBERT%20M), [East Stroudsburg, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/East%20Stroudsburg)

## NTSB investigations on N178RB (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 NYC82FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA009), Nov 15, 1981: Piper PA-32 (N178RB), Mount Pocono, PA, destroyed, 4 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N178RB (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 19811115074109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811115074109A), Nov 15, 1981: Piper PA32300 (N178RB), Mount Pocono, PA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Struck trees on VOR approach. Windshear, turbulence in area. Pilot not approved for IFR flight under FAR 135.

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