# N7401R: 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: December 22, 2014
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7401R
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7401R

## Aircraft that carried N7401R

- [Cancelled 2014-12-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7401R-2014-12-22): Piper PA-28-140, S/N 28-25002, built 1968. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Bitsche Robert J](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BITSCHE%20ROBERT%20J), [Lubbock, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Lubbock)

## NTSB investigations on N7401R (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 FTW85FQG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FQG02), Aug 24, 1985: Piper PA-28-140 (N7401R), Big Spring, TX, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N7401R (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 19850823040319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850823040319A), Aug 23, 1985: Piper PA28140 (N7401R), Big Spring, TX, Destroyed. Returned upon noticing smoke and flames in cockpit. Found exhaust stack displaced directing exhaust on firewall.

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