# N8478X: 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 23, 2005
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8478X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8478X

## Aircraft that carried N8478X

- [Cancelled 2005-09-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8478X-2005-09-23): Cessna 172C, S/N 17248978, built 1961. Owner: [Kirkland Patrick C](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KIRKLAND%20PATRICK%20C), [North Augusta, SC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SC/North%20Augusta)

## NTSB investigations on N8478X (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 UNK64X0952](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0952), Mar 16, 1964: Cessna 172 (N8478X), Lima, OH, destroyed

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