# N78VS: 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: August 5, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78VS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78VS

## Aircraft that carried N78VS

- [Cancelled 2013-08-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78VS-2013-08-05): Shaffer-O V EVANS VP-1, S/N 2401, built 1998. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Drake, ND](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ND/Drake)

## NTSB investigations on N78VS (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 CHI00LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA028), Nov 11, 1999: Shaffer Evans Volksplane (N78VS), Stanley, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: refueling not performed by the non-rated pilot and the lack of total experience of the non-rated pilot. Factors to the accident were fuel exhaustion, the unsuitable terrain for landing encountered by…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N78VS (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 19991111046199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991111046199A), Nov 11, 1999: N78VS, Stanley, ND, No damage. (-23) On November 11, 1999 at 1630 local time an evans VP-1, N78VS, operated by an individual without any pilot license, sustained substantial damage during…

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