# N40FL: 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: July 23, 2020
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=40FL
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40FL

## Aircraft that carried N40FL

- [Cancelled 2020-07-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40FL-2020-07-23): Kitty Hawk FLYER, S/N F26050. Owner: [Kitty Hawk Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KITTY%20HAWK%20CORP), [Mountain View, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Mountain%20View)
- [Cancelled 2013-09-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40FL-2013-09-10): Navion NAVION A, S/N NAV-4-856, built 1947. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Piggy Bank Motor Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PIGGY%20BANK%20MOTOR%20COMPANY), [Tallahassee, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Tallahassee)

## NTSB investigations on N40FL (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 MIA97LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA134), Apr 10, 1997: Navion A (N40FL), Quincy, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: chafing of an electrical cable that was routed through the firewall, which resulted in electrical arching and an in-flight fire.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N40FL (2)

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 19970410005839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410005839A), Apr 10, 1997: Tmpson NAVIONA (N40FL), Quincy, FL, Substantial damage. On final smelled electrical fire and heat on legs. Landed. Fire erupted. Battery cabble shorted at firewall. (-23) on Thursday, April 10, 1997, at…
- [Incident 19831121072199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831121072199I), Nov 21, 1983: Beech 200BEECH (N40FL), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Both engines quit near destination landed in a field. Struck a ditch on the rollout. Fuel tanks were empty.

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