# N36973: 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: February 26, 2008
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=36973
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36973

## Aircraft that carried N36973

- [Cancelled 2008-02-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36973-2008-02-26): Aeronca 65-TAC, S/N C3112TA, built 1942. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Lum James L II](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LUM%20JAMES%20L%20II), [Winchester, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Winchester)

## NTSB investigations on N36973 (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 IAD05LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05LA063), May 13, 2005: Aeronca 65-TAC (N36973), Harrisonburg, VA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin and subsequent impact with the ground.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N36973 (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 20050513023779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050513023779A), May 13, 2005: Aronca 65TAC (N36973), Harrisonburg, VA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Pilot rented aircraft from valley aviation in winchester, VA for a 3-hour period. The 45-year old pilot took along his 16 year old son on an apparent…

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