# N81YB: 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, 2014
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=81YB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81YB

## Aircraft that carried N81YB

- [Cancelled 2014-11-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81YB-2014-11-19): American AA-1A, S/N AA1A-0053, built 1971. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Ford David Z](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FORD%20DAVID%20Z), [New Oxford, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/New%20Oxford)

## NTSB investigations on N81YB (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 NYC84FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA039), Nov 27, 1983: American AA-1A (N81YB), Wellsville, PA, destroyed, 2 fatal
- [NTSB ATL81DIA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DIA04), Apr 12, 1981: Grum Amer AA1A (N81YB), Culpeper, VA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N81YB (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 19810412015719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810412015719A), Apr 12, 1981: Grumav AA1A (N81YB), Culpeper, VA, Substantial damage. Airplane porpoised on takeoff roll. Undecided to continue or abort. Ran off end of runway into embankment.

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