# N78889: 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: January 30, 1969
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78889
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78889

## Aircraft that carried N78889

- [Cancelled 1969-01-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78889-1969-01-30): Mooney M20F, S/N 680170. Owner: [Chamberlain Howard E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHAMBERLAIN%20HOWARD%20E), [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)
- [Cancelled 1968-07-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78889-1968-07-31): Mooney M20B, S/N 2904, built 1965. Owner: [Chamberlain Howard Emil/Chamberlain Imogene K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHAMBERLAIN%20HOWARD%20EMIL%2FCHAMBERLAIN%20IMOGENE%20K), [Corvallis, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Corvallis)

## NTSB investigations on N78889 (2)

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 OAK69A0022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0022), Oct 17, 1968: Mooney M20F (N78889), Cotage Grove, OR, destroyed, 3 fatal
- [NTSB SEA68F0016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68F0016), May 14, 1967: Mooney M20C (N78889), Pacific City, OR, destroyed

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