# N78L: 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: November 24, 2009
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78L

## Aircraft that carried N78L

- [Cancelled 2009-11-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78L-2009-11-24): Beech A100, S/N B-167, built 1973. Expired dealer. Owner: [American Aviation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AVIATION), [Brooksville, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Brooksville)

## NTSB investigations on N78L (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 MIA87LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA027), Nov 8, 1986: Beech A100 (N78L), Brooksville, FL, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N78L (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 19861108054109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861108054109A), Nov 8, 1986: Beech A100 (N78L), Brooksville, FL, Destroyed. Smoke in cockpit on takeoff. Returned to land. Ran off runway into fence and tree due to fog and smoke. Burned.

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