# N8796E: 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: May 20, 1980
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8796E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8796E

## Aircraft that carried N8796E

- [Cancelled 1980-05-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8796E-1980-05-20): Piper PA-28-181, S/N 287690207. Owner: [Smith Robert C](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SMITH%20ROBERT%20C)

## NTSB investigations on N8796E (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 IAD80FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA035), Apr 1, 1980: Piper PA-28 (N8796E), Elk Garden, WV, destroyed, 2 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8796E (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 19800401008179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800401008179A), Apr 1, 1980: Piper PA28181 (N8796E), Elk Garden, WV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. VFR pilot was advised bad weather en route. Flew into side of mountain-top obscured by clouds and fog.

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