# N78709: 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: February 27, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78709
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78709

## Aircraft that carried N78709

- [Cancelled 2013-02-27](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78709-2013-02-27): Piper PA-12, S/N 12-3985, built 1947. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Ucon, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Ucon)

## NTSB investigations on N78709 (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 SEA81FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA011), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA-12 (N78709), Rexburg, ID, destroyed, 2 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N78709 (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 19801212075029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801212075029A), Dec 12, 1980: Piper PA12 (N78709), Rexburg, ID, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Occupants found frozen. Airplane wrecked by ground collision. Cause unknown. Airplane torched by occupants.

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