# N98X: 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: April 2, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=98X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98X

## Aircraft that carried N98X

- [Cancelled 2013-04-02](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98X-2013-04-02): Baker Kevin V VELOCITY RG, S/N DM241. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Baker Kevin V](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BAKER%20KEVIN%20V), [Flower Mound, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Flower%20Mound)
- [Cancelled 1972-08-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98X-1972-08-14): Pitts Special S-1S, S/N 13-P. Owner: [Cooper William Sherman](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/COOPER%20WILLIAM%20SHERMAN), [Merced, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Merced)

## NTSB investigations on N98X (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 OAK72FVA71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72FVA71), May 10, 1972: Pitts S-1S (N98X), Merced, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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