# N2223E: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 3
- Last cancelled: September 24, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2223E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2223E

## Aircraft that carried N2223E

- [Cancelled 2013-09-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2223E-2013-09-24): Illi URS THUNDER GULL, S/N 912-1.5, built 1990. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Illi Urs](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ILLI%20URS), [Ventura, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Ventura)
- [Cancelled 1988-12-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2223E-1988-12-09): Cessna 172N, S/N 17271190. N-number assigned, not yet registered
- [Cancelled 1951-11-21](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2223E-1951-11-21): Aeronca 7AC, S/N 7AC-5797. Owner: [Oldfather Waldo Ray](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OLDFATHER%20WALDO%20RAY), [South Bend, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/South%20Bend)

## NTSB investigations on N2223E (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 LAX90DVM03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90DVM03), Aug 8, 1990: Illi Thunder Gull (N2223E), Calif Valley, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT FROM USE OF A DRUG (COCAINE), AND THE PILOT ALLOWING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT TO BE EXCEEDED, WHILE MANEUVERING, WHICH RESULTED IN OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N2223E (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 19900807031509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900807031509A), Aug 7, 1990: Amtr THUNDER GULL (N2223E), California Vall, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Full nose down trim caused dive that exceeded vne. 6 feet of right wing separated. Vertical crash. Cocaine noted.

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