# N61480: 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: October 31, 2017
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=61480
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61480

## Aircraft that carried N61480

- [Cancelled 2017-10-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61480-2017-10-31): Schweizer 269C, S/N S1765, built 1998. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Pacific Aeromotive Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PACIFIC%20AEROMOTIVE%20CORP), [Erie, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Erie)
- [Cancelled 1955-08-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61480-1955-08-08): Fairchild M-62A, S/N T43-5299. Owner: [Lake Melvin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LAKE%20MELVIN), [Mcclelland, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Mcclelland)

## NTSB investigations on N61480 (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 SEA08LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA035), Nov 21, 2007: Schweizer 269C (N61480), Newberg, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadvertent application of the fuel shut off valve during flight. Contributing to the accident were the locations of the heater and fuel shutoff controls.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N61480 (2)

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 20071121827919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071121827919A), Nov 21, 2007: Hughes 269C (N61480), Newberg, OR, Destroyed. (-23) Student pilot reported that 5 minutes after departure from Newberg, Oregon, at 1500 ft MSL, enroute to aurora, Oregon, the engine made a strange sound…
- [Incident 19780401008019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780401008019I), Apr 1, 1978: Piper PA31 (N61480), Pittsburg, PA, Minor damage. Pilot missed ramp exit. Wheel left taxiway. Prop struck ulighted sign.

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