# N8260X: 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: September 24, 2007
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8260X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8260X

## Aircraft that carried N8260X

- [Cancelled 2007-09-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8260X-2007-09-24): Cessna 172C, S/N 17248760, built 1961. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Group 6 Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GROUP%206%20AVIATION%20INC), [Tannersville, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Tannersville)

## NTSB investigations on N8260X (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 NYC07CA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA049), Dec 14, 2006: Cessna 172C (N8260X), Middletown, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudging distance/altitude during the turn from base to final, which resulted in an undershoot and subsequent collision with trees. A factor was the haze.
- [NTSB FTW66F0474](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66F0474), Jan 16, 1966: Cessna 172 (N8260X), Baton Rouge, LA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8260X (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 20061214029249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061214029249A), Dec 14, 2006: Cessna 172C (N8260X), Middletown, NY, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 14, 2006, at approximately 1600 EST, the subject aircraft was being repositioned from greenwood lake airport (4N1), west milford, NJ to…

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