# N52778: 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: April 8, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=52778
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52778

## Aircraft that carried N52778

- [Cancelled 2013-04-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52778-2013-04-08): Cessna 172P, S/N 17274605, built 1981. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Vitale Robert J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VITALE%20ROBERT%20J), [Wilmington, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Wilmington)
- [Cancelled 1974-05-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52778-1974-05-15): Cessna 182P, S/N 18262838. Exported to Germany. Owner: [Cessna Aircraft Company](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CESSNA%20AIRCRAFT%20COMPANY), Zaventem

## NTSB investigations on N52778 (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 ATL85LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA137), Apr 17, 1985: Cessna 172P (N52778), Southern Pines, NC, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N52778 (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 19850417013159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850417013159A), Apr 17, 1985: Cessna 172P (N52778), Southern Pines, NC, Destroyed. Attempted go around with full flaps and mushed into trees after raising nose and taking off one notch of flaps.

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