# N509FN: 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: January 23, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=509FN
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N509FN

## Aircraft that carried N509FN

- [Cancelled 2018-01-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N509FN-2018-01-23): Piper PA-31-350, S/N 31-7952162, built 1979. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Osowski Wes A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OSOWSKI%20WES%20A), [Anchorage, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Anchorage)

## NTSB investigations on N509FN (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 ANC08MA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08MA038), Jan 5, 2008: Piper PA-31-350 (N509FN), Kodiak, AK, substantial damage, 6 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of company maintenance personnel to ensure that the airplane's nose baggage door latching mechanism was properly configured and maintained, resulting in an inadvertent opening of the nose…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N509FN (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 20080105009679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080105009679A), Jan 5, 2008: Piper PA31350 (N509FN), Kodiak, AK, Destroyed, 6 fatal. (-23) Taking off on runway 36 the aircraft's front baggage door came partially open at lift off or shortly thereafter. According to the survivor sitting in the…

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