# N71259: 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 22, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=71259
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71259

## Aircraft that carried N71259

- [Cancelled 2013-08-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71259-2013-08-22): Balloon Works FIREFLY 8-24, S/N F8-132, built 1988. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Wittmann, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Wittmann)
- [Cancelled 1970-09-04](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71259-1970-09-04): Luscombe 8A, S/N 2686. Owner: [John T Else](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JOHN%20T%20ELSE), [Tama, IA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IA/Tama)

## NTSB investigations on N71259 (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 UNK64X1443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1443), Apr 25, 1964: Luscombe 8A (N71259), Toledo, IA, destroyed

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