# N8685C: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: July 8, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8685C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8685C

## Aircraft that carried N8685C

- [Cancelled 2013-07-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8685C-2013-07-08): Piper PA-32R-300, S/N 32R-7680133, built 1976. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Affordable Leasing Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AFFORDABLE%20LEASING%20INC), [Lakeville, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Lakeville)
- [Cancelled 1954-12-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8685C-1954-12-17): Piper PA-22, S/N 22-1344. Owner: [Billings L K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BILLINGS%20L%20K), [Kokomo, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Kokomo)

## NTSB investigations on N8685C (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 BFO94FA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94FA066), Apr 16, 1994: Piper PA-32R-300 (N8685C), Salem, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, AND EXCEEDING THE DESIGN STRESS LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT. FACTORS…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8685C (2)

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 19940416016019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940416016019A), Apr 16, 1994: Piper PA32R300 (N8685C), Salem, OH, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Flying en route at night. Low time and in marginal VFR. Entered a storm aear lost control. Came apart in descent.
- [Incident 19901010059919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901010059919I), Oct 10, 1990: Piper PA32R300 (N8685C), Indianapolis, IN. Unsafe gear down indication on final. Landed safely. Cockpit lights dimmed and pilot did not see safe light.

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