# N6874E: 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: May 2, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6874E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6874E

## Aircraft that carried N6874E

- [Cancelled 2013-05-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6874E-2013-05-02): Cessna 175A, S/N 56374, built 1959. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Murphy William J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MURPHY%20WILLIAM%20J), [The Colony, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/The%20Colony)

## NTSB investigations on N6874E (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 FTW98FA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA372), Aug 22, 1998: Cessna 175A (N6874E), Erie, CO, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain flying speed (above stall speed) and the subsequent stall/spin. Contributing factors were the tailwind, high density altitude, and aircraft overweight conditions.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N6874E (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 19980822021469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980822021469A), Aug 22, 1998: Cessna 175A (N6874E), Erie, CO, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Acft failed to gain altitude on takeoff, struck a road embankment nose first, and crashed and burned. (.23)on August 22, 1998, at approximately 1245 local…

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