# N7780U: 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: October 15, 1998
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7780U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7780U

## Aircraft that carried N7780U

- [Cancelled 1998-10-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7780U-1998-10-15): Cessna 172E, S/N 17251780. Owner: [Davis Brady Lee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DAVIS%20BRADY%20LEE), [Trinidad, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Trinidad)

## NTSB investigations on N7780U (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 FTW98LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA295), Jul 3, 1998: Cessna 172E (N7780U), Watkins, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather which resulted in an encounter with a microburst. Contributing was the airplane's climb capability exceeded by the microburst, and rising terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N7780U (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 19980702024449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702024449A), Jul 2, 1998: Cessna 172E (N7780U), Denver, CO, Destroyed. Encountered severe unrecoverable downdraft on climbout. Collided rising terrain. Thunderstorm in area. (.4)the pilot landed at Front Range Airport, watkins,…

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