# N4493: 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: March 14, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4493
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4493

## Aircraft that carried N4493

- [Cancelled 2018-03-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4493-2018-03-14): Stolp Starduster SA-300, S/N 224, built 1971. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Thomas James B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/THOMAS%20JAMES%20B), [Denver, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Denver)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4493-undated): C A Roepken CABIN TYPE, S/N CR-3. Owner: [Roepken Casten A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROEPKEN%20CASTEN%20A), [Dayton, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Dayton)

## NTSB investigations on N4493 (2)

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 ERA14FA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA256), May 26, 2014: Stolp Starduster SA-300 (N4493), Newton, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recover from an intentional spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s lack of adequate spin entry and recovery training.
- [NTSB WPR10CA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10CA183), Mar 28, 2010: Stolp Starduster SA-300 (N4493), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing rollout with a quartering tailwind, resulting in collapse of the right main landing gear.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N4493 (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 20140525007699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140525007699A), May 25, 2014: Stolp Starduster SA-300 (N4493), Newton, NC, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Review of video shows pilot entered a spin maneuver and never recovered and contacted the ground resulting in a fatality.
- [Accident 20100328031679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100328031679A), Mar 28, 2010: Stolp Stard SA-300 (N4493), Goodyear, AZ, Substantial damage. After three touch and go's, upon 4th touch down, right main landing gear strut collapsed inboard, causing right lower wing structure to contact runway, upper…

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