# N4971C: 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: June 7, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4971C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4971C

## Aircraft that carried N4971C

- [Cancelled 2013-06-07](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4971C-2013-06-07): Buoy David C CASSUTT III M, S/N 1. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Budy David C](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BUDY%20DAVID%20C), [Houston, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Houston)
- [Cancelled 1971-03-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4971C-1971-03-22): Piper PA-23-160, S/N 23-1427. Owner: [Jones Dwight A DBA Ath Tex Avn Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JONES%20DWIGHT%20A%20DBA%20ATH%20TEX%20AVN%20CO), [Athens, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Athens)

## NTSB investigations on N4971C (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 FTW71AF050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW71AF050), Feb 19, 1971: Piper PA-23 (N4971C), Athens, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.