# N9697C: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 2
- Last cancelled: August 5, 2004
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9697C
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9697C

## Aircraft that carried N9697C

- [Cancelled 2004-08-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9697C-2004-08-05): Cessna 208B, S/N 208B0355, built 1993. Exported to Kenya. Owner: [Rct International Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RCT%20INTERNATIONAL%20INC), [Las Vegas, NV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NV/Las%20Vegas)
- [Cancelled 1983-09-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9697C-1983-09-12): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 287816516. Administratively canceled. Owner: [Kawaykla Benedict](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/KAWAYKLA%20BENEDICT), [Apache, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Apache)

## NTSB investigations on N9697C (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 FTW82FA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FA171), May 12, 1982: Piper PA-28-161 (N9697C), Lorenzo, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9697C (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.

- [Incident 20010421009599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010421009599I), Apr 21, 2001: Cessna 208B (N9697C), Immokalee, FL. (-23)Jumpers left aircraft at 13000FT and deployed drogue parachute successfully. At 5500 ft pulled "drogue release" an nothing happened (this should have…
- [Accident 19820512005449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820512005449A), May 12, 1982: Piper PA28161 (N9697C), Lorenzo, TX, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Flew into area of severe thunderstorms. Lost control and crashed. VFR pilot advised of possible weather en route.

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