# N8740W: 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: October 8, 1964
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8740W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8740W

## Aircraft that carried N8740W

- [Cancelled 1964-10-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8740W-1964-10-08): Piper PA-28-235, S/N 28-10280. Owner: [Horn Alva](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HORN%20ALVA), [Paynesville, WV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WV/Paynesville)

## NTSB investigations on N8740W (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 UNK64X3450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3450), Aug 18, 1964: Piper PA-28 (N8740W), Danville, VA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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