# N8447B: 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: January 26, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8447B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8447B

## Aircraft that carried N8447B

- [Cancelled 2018-01-26](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8447B-2018-01-26): Piper PA-28-236, S/N 28-8211007, built 1981. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Gygax Michael](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GYGAX%20MICHAEL), [Fremont, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Fremont)

## NTSB investigations on N8447B (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 LAX97FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97FA047), Nov 21, 1996: Piper PA-28-236 (N8447B), Lost Hills, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which led to spatial disorientation and loss of aircraft control, and the pilot exceeding the aircraft's design stress…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8447B (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 19961121036189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961121036189A), Nov 21, 1996: Piper PA28236 (N8447B), Lost Hills, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft came apart in air. Clouds rain in area. Design load exceeded. Possible spiral dive and abrupt pull up.

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