# N803BW: 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: August 2, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=803BW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N803BW

## Aircraft that carried N803BW

- [Cancelled 2018-08-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N803BW-2018-08-02): Cessna 172R, S/N 17280773, built 1999. First renewal notice. Owner: [Bridgewater State University](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BRIDGEWATER%20STATE%20UNIVERSITY), [Bridgewater, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Bridgewater)
- [Cancelled 2005-11-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N803BW-2005-11-01): Wente Robert O KITFOX III, S/N 803, built 1992. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Wente Robert O](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WENTE%20ROBERT%20O), [Summerville, SC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SC/Summerville)

## NTSB investigations on N803BW (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 GAA18CA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA199), Mar 29, 2018: Cessna 172 (N803BW), New Bedford, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a porpoised landing.
- [NTSB ATL95LA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA067), Mar 19, 1995: Wente Kitfox III (N803BW), Moncks Corner, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S SELECTION OF THE WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO THE WIND CONDITIONS AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RUNWAY DURING THE BALKED LANDING.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N803BW (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 20180329000139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180329000139A), Mar 29, 2018: Cessna 172R (N803BW), New Bedford, MA, Substantial damage. On March 29, 2018, at about 0945 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 172R single-engine airplane, N803BW, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on…
- [Accident 19950319004369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950319004369A), Mar 19, 1995: Amtrdf KITFOX (N803BW), Moncks Corner, SC, Substantial damage. Bounced landing came down off runway heading. Tried go around. Ran off runway into plowed field. Cartwheeled.

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