# N8163N: 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: March 30, 1971
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8163N
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8163N

## Aircraft that carried N8163N

- [Cancelled 1971-03-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8163N-1971-03-30): Piper PA-28-140, S/N 28-25359, built 1968. Owner: [Ness E G/Ness Mavis I](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NESS%20E%20G%2FNESS%20MAVIS%20I), [Garden Grove, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Garden%20Grove)

## NTSB investigations on N8163N (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 LAX70AL045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70AL045), Jan 28, 1970: Piper PA-28 (N8163N), La Mirada, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8163N (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.

- [Incident 19931008043639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931008043639I), Oct 8, 1993: Piper PA32R301T (N8163N), Grand Island, NE. Total electrical failure on IFR flight. Descended below clouds and landed. Had an alternator failure.
- [Incident 19860311006009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860311006009I), Mar 11, 1986: Piper PA32R301T (N8163N), Fort Dodge, IA, Minor damage. Touched down mid field on downwind landing. Ran off runway end and hit a scrub tree.

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