# N51880: 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: August 13, 2012
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=51880
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51880

## Aircraft that carried N51880

- [Cancelled 2012-08-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51880-2012-08-13): Piccard AX-3, S/N SM-1, built 1977. Revoked, canceled. Owner: [Mounts Gene](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOUNTS%20GENE), [West Chicago, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/West%20Chicago)
- [Cancelled 1950-02-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51880-1950-02-14): Boeing A75N1, S/N 75-4594, built 1945. Owner: [Swanson W J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SWANSON%20W%20J), [New Haven, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/New%20Haven)

## NTSB investigations on N51880 (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 CHI79DEP29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP29), Feb 6, 1979: Piccard AX-3 (N51880), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N51880 (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 19790206026569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790206026569A), Feb 6, 1979: Amtrpi AX3 (N51880), WI, Damage unknown. Acft & pilot missing. When last seen the balloon was traveling NE over lake Michigan.

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