# N2972W: 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: June 17, 1981
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2972W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2972W

## Aircraft that carried N2972W

- [Cancelled 1981-06-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2972W-1981-06-17): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 28-8016005, built 1979. Owner: [B Flight Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/B%20FLIGHT%20INC), [Fairfield, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Fairfield)
- [Cancelled 1972-04-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2972W-1972-04-17): Bell 47G-5A, S/N 25054. Exported to Peru. Owner: [Bell Helicopter Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BELL%20HELICOPTER%20CO), [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth)

## NTSB investigations on N2972W (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 MKC81FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA033), May 8, 1981: Piper PA-28 (N2972W), Ottumwa, IA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N2972W (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 19810508022899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810508022899A), May 8, 1981: Piper PA28161 (N2972W), Ottumwa, IA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flying over river at unsafe altitude, struck power-line. Impact severed right wing.

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