# N973FS: 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: May 24, 2000
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=973FS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N973FS

## Aircraft that carried N973FS

- [Cancelled 2000-05-24](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N973FS-2000-05-24): Cessna 337C, S/N 337-0973. Owner: [Shelton  George F](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SHELTON%20%20GEORGE%20F), [Brighton, MA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MA/Brighton)

## NTSB investigations on N973FS (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 NYC99FA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99FA222), Sep 12, 1999: Cessna 337C (N973FS), North Adams, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot of the Cessna 305 to follow the instructions issued, and maintain a low altitude. A factor was the delay in evasive action by the pilot of the Cessna 337 after he was first…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N973FS (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 19990912026232A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990912026232A), Sep 12, 1999: Cessna 337C (N973FS), North Adams, MA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.19) On September 12, 1999, at 1329 eastern daylight time, a mid-air collision occurred between a Cessna 337C, N973FS, and a Cessna 305C, N3255P, while…

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