# N4478F: 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: November 19, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4478F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4478F

## Aircraft that carried N4478F

- [Cancelled 2012-11-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4478F-2012-11-19): Piper PA-32R-300, S/N 32R-7680450, built 1976. Owner: [Space Coast Aviation Sales LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SPACE%20COAST%20AVIATION%20SALES%20LLC), [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)

## NTSB investigations on N4478F (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 ERA13LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA042), Oct 28, 2012: Piper PA-32R-300 (N4478F), Sevierville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The air traffic controller’s failure to comply with the required vectoring and safety alert procedures, which resulted in the airplane’s flight into rising terrain. Contributing to the accident was…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4478F (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 20121028024319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121028024319A), Oct 28, 2012: Piper PA-32R-300 (N4478F), Sevierville, TN, Destroyed. Pilot departed gkt on IFR flight plan. Controller asked if pilot wanted to continue to volunteer VORTAC or accept radar vectors. Pilot responded he would take…

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