# N83863: 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 8, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=83863
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83863

## Aircraft that carried N83863

- [Cancelled 2018-03-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83863-2018-03-08): Aeronca 7AC, S/N 7AC-2544, built 1946. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Schmouth John D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SCHMOUTH%20JOHN%20D), [Brockton, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Brockton)

## NTSB investigations on N83863 (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 ERA13FA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA372), Aug 25, 2013: Aeronca 7AC (N83863), Taunton, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot/owner’s inadequate preflight inspection and inadequate pretakeoff check of the flight controls, which resulted in a takeoff with the rudder gust lock installed. Contributing to the accident…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N83863 (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 20130825015979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130825015979A), Aug 25, 2013: Aeronca 7AC (N83863), Taunton, MA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. N83863 an Aeronca champ 7AC aircraft was taking off from runway 30 at King field, Taunton, mass. (Ktan). As aircraft lifted off it began a slow right bank…

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