# N4040M: 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: January 31, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4040M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4040M

## Aircraft that carried N4040M

- [Cancelled 2020-01-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4040M-2020-01-31): Piper PA-12, S/N 12-2923, built 1947. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Chandler Gabriel R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHANDLER%20GABRIEL%20R), [Dickinson, ND](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ND/Dickinson)

## NTSB investigations on N4040M (3)

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 CEN18LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA039), Nov 22, 2017: Piper PA 12 (N4040M), Dickinson, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain adequate airspeed during the short field takeoff, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack and an aerodynamic stall.
- [NTSB ANC99LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC99LA031), Mar 7, 1999: Piper PA-12 (N4040M), Big Lake, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for landing the wheel equipped airplane. A factor associated with the accident was the soft snow covering the frozen lake.
- [NTSB ANC77DAH41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH41), Sep 16, 1977: Piper PA-12 (N4040M), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4040M (3)

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 20171122019699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171122019699A), Nov 22, 2017: Piper PA-12 (N4040M), Dickinson, ND, Destroyed. Airmen executed a short field takeoff from an off airport location. The location was an industrial equipment yard. The takeoff area was a packed gravel surface…
- [Accident 19990307014119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990307014119A), Mar 7, 1999: Piper PA12 (N4040M), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On March 7, 1999, about 1540 Alaska standard time, a wheel equipped, Piper PA-12, N4040M, sustained substantial damage while landing on the frozen…
- [Accident 19770916031339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770916031339A), Sep 16, 1977: Piper PA12 (N4040M), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Landing on sandbar in susitna river.

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