# N9455J: 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: December 10, 1997
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9455J
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9455J

## Aircraft that carried N9455J

- [Cancelled 1997-12-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9455J-1997-12-10): Piper PA-28-180, S/N 283568. Owner: [Workmam William S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WORKMAM%20WILLIAM%20S), [Los Alamos, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Los%20Alamos)

## NTSB investigations on N9455J (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 FTW97LA315](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA315), Aug 19, 1997: Piper PA-28-180 (N9455J), Gila, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's impairment of judgment and performance due to alcohol, and his failure to maintain directional control of the airplane, which resulted in a ground swerve, and collision with vegetation…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9455J (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 19970818044689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970818044689A), Aug 18, 1997: Piper PA28180 (N9455J), Gila, NM, Substantial damage. Tried night takeoff unlitstrip got into soft spot. Swerved into yucca and rocks. Ruptured fuel tank. Burned. (-23) pilot attempted to depart from an unlit dirt…

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