# N497FE: 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: March 19, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=497FE
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N497FE

## Aircraft that carried N497FE

- [Cancelled 2013-03-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N497FE-2013-03-19): Boeing 727-232, S/N 20866, built 1974. Owner: [Federal Express Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FEDERAL%20EXPRESS%20CORPORATION), [Memphis, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Memphis)

## NTSB investigations on N497FE (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 DCA02MA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA02MA054), Jul 26, 2002: Boeing 727-232 (N497FE), Tallahassee, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The captain's and first officer's failure to establish and maintain a proper glidepath during the night visual approach to landing. Contributing to the accident was a combination of the captain's and…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N497FE (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 20020726030569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020726030569A), Jul 26, 2002: Boeing 727232 (N497FE), Tallahassee, FL, Destroyed. (-23) While on visual approach to runway 9, the aircraft struck some trees and crashed approximately 1/2 mile from the approach end of runway 9.

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