# N8978P: 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: August 17, 1972
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8978P
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8978P

## Aircraft that carried N8978P

- [Cancelled 1972-08-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8978P-1972-08-17): Piper PA-24-260, S/N 24-4436. Owner: [Funk Vernon](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FUNK%20VERNON), [American Falls, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/American%20Falls)

## NTSB investigations on N8978P (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 DEN72AD039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72AD039), Feb 29, 1972: Piper PA-24 (N8978P), Jackson, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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