# N7780: 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: June 14, 2000
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7780
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7780

## Aircraft that carried N7780

- [Cancelled 2000-06-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7780-2000-06-14): Fairchild KR-31, S/N 223. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Watson William F](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WATSON%20WILLIAM%20F), [Collinsville, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Collinsville)

## NTSB investigations on N7780 (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 FTW96FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA234), Jun 1, 1996: Fairchild KR-31 (N7780), Bartlesville, OK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of each pilot-in-command to maintain visual lookout. Factors were: the lack of each pilot-in-command obtaining/maintaining communication with the control tower, and inadequate lookout by…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N7780 (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 19960601012221A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601012221A), Jun 1, 1996: Frchld KR31 (N7780), Bartlesville, OK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Both biplanes on base leg. Waco below suddenly made pullup colliding with the KR31. Both crashed and waco burned.

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