# N90168: 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: January 18, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=90168
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N90168

## Aircraft that carried N90168

- [Cancelled 2018-01-18](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90168-2018-01-18): Cessna 140, S/N 9233, built 1946. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Durner Jack M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DURNER%20JACK%20M), [Chelmsford, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Chelmsford)

## NTSB investigations on N90168 (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 LAX03LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA003), Oct 7, 2002: Cessna 140 (N90168), Avalon, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain sufficient altitude while maneuvering at low altitude. Factors were the pilot's fatigue and the distraction of trying to drop a message onto a boat.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N90168 (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 20021007028199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021007028199A), Oct 7, 2002: Cessna 140 (N90168), Santacatalina, CA, Destroyed. (-23) Subject aircraft was reportedly fish spotting and crashed in the ocean off santa catalina island, California at 1352 PDT. The aircraft sank and…
- [Incident 19990727018279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990727018279I), Jul 27, 1999: Cessna 140 (N90168), New Castle, PA, Minor damage. (-5)Mr. Durner stated: while landing on runway 23 at the New Castle airport, New Castle, Pennsylvania (upc), he ground looped his CE-140, N90168. At…

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