# N48280: 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: August 27, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=48280
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48280

## Aircraft that carried N48280

- [Cancelled 2012-08-27](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48280-2012-08-27): Taylorcraft DCO-65, S/N L-5859, built 1944. Sale reported, pending cancellation. Owner: [Nashville, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Nashville)

## NTSB investigations on N48280 (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 ATL81FKW26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FKW26), Sep 6, 1981: Taylorcraft DCO-65 (N48280), Pleasant View, TN, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N48280 (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 19810906055709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810906055709A), Sep 6, 1981: Kuhlow DCO65TCRAFT (N48280), Pleasant View, TN, Destroyed. Flew low to observe field purchased for a private strip, struck powerline, crashed and burned.

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