# N8973N: 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 1, 1972
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8973N
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8973N

## Aircraft that carried N8973N

- [Cancelled 1972-05-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8973N-1972-05-01): Piper PA-32-300, S/N 32-40897, built 1969. Owner: [Valley Airpark Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VALLEY%20AIRPARK%20INC), [Fort Collins, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Fort%20Collins)

## NTSB investigations on N8973N (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 FTW72AF030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72AF030), Nov 28, 1971: Piper PA-32 (N8973N), Wells, TX, destroyed, 7 fatal

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