# N79NU: 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 19, 2001
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=79NU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N79NU

## Aircraft that carried N79NU

- [Cancelled 2001-11-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79NU-2001-11-19): Aero Commander 500 S, S/N 3206, built 1974. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Hill Construction Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HILL%20CONSTRUCTION%20CORP), [San Juan, PR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PR/San%20Juan)

## NTSB investigations on N79NU (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 MIA96FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96FA078), Feb 11, 1996: Aero Commander 500S (N79NU), Manati, PR, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Failure of the flight crew, for undetermined reasons, to recover from a stall and resulting uncontrolled descent. This resulted in the aircraft colliding with the terrain while in a 45-60 degree nose…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N79NU (2)

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 19960211001519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960211001519A), Feb 11, 1996: Gulstm 500S (N79NU), Manati, Puerto Rico, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Observed in slow flight. Low altitude stall and crash into swamp. CFI at controls.
- [Incident 19890429030849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890429030849I), Apr 29, 1989: Gulstm 500S (N79NU), Isla De Culebra, PR. Fuel exhaustion on descent. Forced landing on an island. Tanks empty due to broken tube assembly.

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