# N8983C: 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: September 11, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8983C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8983C

## Aircraft that carried N8983C

- [Cancelled 2013-09-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8983C-2013-09-11): Piper PA-22, S/N 22-1561, built 1953. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Kramer Martin F W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KRAMER%20MARTIN%20F%20W), [St Petersburg, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/St%20Petersburg)

## NTSB investigations on N8983C (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 MIA83FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA145), May 23, 1983: Piper PA-22 (N8983C), Pompano Beach, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8983C (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 19830523023059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830523023059A), May 23, 1983: Piper PA22 (N8983C), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed. Encountered turbulence and/or downdraft on final. Went around but could not stop descending turn into a canal.

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