# N79960: 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 16, 2000
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=79960
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79960

## Aircraft that carried N79960

- [Cancelled 2000-08-16](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79960-2000-08-16): Cessna 172K, S/N 17258287. Owner: [Sarasota Flying Club Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SARASOTA%20FLYING%20CLUB%20INC), [Tallevast, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Tallevast)

## NTSB investigations on N79960 (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 MIA00FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA103), Mar 9, 2000: Cessna 172K (N79960), Sarasota, FL, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the supervisor/ground controller and the local controller to provide effective separation between the accident airplanes on the runway, resulting in a collision during takeoff.…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N79960 (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 20000309011059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000309011059A), Mar 9, 2000: Cessna 172K (N79960), Sarasota-Braden, FL, No damage, 2 fatal. (-23) N89827 was cleared to taxi from dolphin aviation to runway end of 14 via taxiway "a". N79960 was cleared to taxi from jones aviation to runway 14. ATCT…

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