# N97120: 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: August 31, 1998
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=97120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97120

## Aircraft that carried N97120

- [Cancelled 1998-08-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97120-1998-08-31): Stinson 108, S/N 1081120. Owner: [Hofman Richard E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HOFMAN%20RICHARD%20E), [Greenwood, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Greenwood)

## NTSB investigations on N97120 (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 CHI97FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA093), Mar 27, 1997: Stinson 108 (N97120), Greenfield, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to restricted movement in the exhaust valve and rotted/weathered ignition harness, and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed which resulted in an inadvertant stall.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N97120 (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 19970327046109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970327046109A), Mar 27, 1997: N97120, Greenfield, IN, No damage. (-23) On March 27, 1997, at approximately 1340 local time, a Stinson 108, N97120, piloted by private pilot richard e. hofmann, crashed at pope field (gfd),…

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