# N72B: 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 9, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=72B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72B

## Aircraft that carried N72B

- [Cancelled 2013-04-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72B-2013-04-09): Sikorsky S-58T, S/N 58-1626, built 1963. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Helicopter Transport Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELICOPTER%20TRANSPORT%20SERVICES%20INC), [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- [Cancelled 1983-06-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72B-1983-06-16): Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, S/N 735SA. Owner: [Mitsubishi Aircraft International Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MITSUBISHI%20AIRCRAFT%20INTERNATIONAL%20INC), [Dallas, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Dallas)

## NTSB investigations on N72B (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 DCA83AA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA022), Mar 24, 1983: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N72B), Jeffersonville, GA, destroyed, 4 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N72B (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 19830324075569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830324075569A), Mar 24, 1983: Mtsbsi MU2B (N72B), Jeffersonville, GA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Aircraft entered uncontrolled descent for undetermined reasons and overstress and breakup occurred.

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