# N47979: 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: January 6, 2014
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=47979
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N47979

## Aircraft that carried N47979

- [Cancelled 2014-01-06](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47979-2014-01-06): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 28-7816175, built 1977. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Xxx, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Xxx)
- [Cancelled 1953-01-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47979-1953-01-13): Fairchild M-62A, S/N T41-1235. Owner: [Greenwood Harold E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GREENWOOD%20HAROLD%20E), [Leo, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Leo)

## NTSB investigations on N47979 (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 FTW78FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA086), Sep 28, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N47979), Richland Hills, TX, substantial damage, 3 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N47979 (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.

- [Incident 19811210085519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811210085519I), Dec 10, 1981: Piper PA28161 (N47979), North Richland, TX, Minor damage. Pilot lost control on approach due to gusts, aborted and hit tree 200 feet to side of runway. Returned to airport.
- [Incident 19810808053099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808053099I), Aug 8, 1981: Piper PA28161 (N47979), Carthage, TX, Minor damage. Pilot allowed aircraft to strike parked aircraft while taxiing.
- [Accident 19780928040091A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780928040091A), Sep 28, 1978: Piper PA28160 (N47979), Richland Hills, TX, Substantial damage. Dual student failed to notify instructor of other orserved traffi

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