# N8981P: 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 17, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8981P
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8981P

## Aircraft that carried N8981P

- [Cancelled 2013-05-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8981P-2013-05-17): Piper PA-24-260, S/N 24-4440, built 1966. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Nunenkamp Adolph](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/NUNENKAMP%20ADOLPH), [Maspeth, NY](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NY/Maspeth)

## NTSB investigations on N8981P (2)

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 ATL84FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA064), Dec 13, 1983: Piper PA-24-260B (N8981P), Mcdonald, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal
- [NTSB ATL82FID10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FID10), May 22, 1982: Piper 24-260 (N8981P), Lexington, VA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8981P (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 19831213061109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831213061109A), Dec 13, 1983: Piper PA24260 (N8981P), Mcdonald, TN, Destroyed. Flew into trees near the crest of a cloud obscured mountain. Intentions were to stay under cloud deck over highway.
- [Accident 19820522027039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820522027039A), May 22, 1982: Piper PA24260 (N8981P), Lexington, VA, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit ditch that collapsed gear during roll out after landing on short grass strip.

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