# N473FT: 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: September 19, 1994
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=473FT
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473FT

## Aircraft that carried N473FT

- [Cancelled 1994-09-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N473FT-1994-09-19): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 288216222. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Florida Institute Of Technology](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FLORIDA%20INSTITUTE%20OF%20TECHNOLOGY), [Melbourne, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Melbourne)

## NTSB investigations on N473FT (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 MIA90FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA067), Feb 3, 1990: Piper PA-28-161 (N473FT), Sebastian, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE AA-1A PILOT TO SEE-AND-AVOID THE PIPER PA-28 WHICH HAD ENTERED TRAFFIC FIRST. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: FAILURE OF THE PA-28 PILOT TO SEE THE AMERICAN AA-1A, WHEN THE AA-1A…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N473FT (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 19900203001591A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900203001591A), Feb 3, 1990: Piper PA28161 (N473FT), Sebastian, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On final was overtaken and struck from rear by N9486L that overturned final. Was turning back did not see N473FT.

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