# N61TR: 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: October 29, 2014
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=61TR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61TR

## Aircraft that carried N61TR

- [Cancelled 2014-10-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61TR-2014-10-29): Rupe Thomas C RV-4, S/N 1061, built 1988. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Shrove Richard R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHROVE%20RICHARD%20R), [Fort Worth, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Fort%20Worth)

## NTSB investigations on N61TR (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 FTW96FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA009), Oct 7, 1995: Rupe RV-4 (N61TR), Longmont, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the installation of an unapproved metal propeller which led to a fatigue failure of a blade and loss of aircraft control.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N61TR (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 19951007049159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951007049159A), Oct 7, 1995: Amtr RV4 (N61TR), Longmont, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-16) Witnesses reported seeing aircraft in level flight trailing smoke. A popping noise was heard and the aircraft went into a nosedown spin, impacting the…

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