# N9966U: 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: July 22, 2009
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9966U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9966U

## Aircraft that carried N9966U

- [Cancelled 2009-07-22](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9966U-2009-07-22): Grumman American Avn. AA-5A, S/N AA5A0366. Registration revoked. Owner: [Aero Tech Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AERO%20TECH%20INC), [Minneapolis, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Minneapolis)

## NTSB investigations on N9966U (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 SEA79FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA048), Jul 24, 1979: Grum Amer AA-5A (N9966U), Augusta, MT, destroyed, 2 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9966U (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 19790724020309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790724020309A), Jul 24, 1979: Gulstm AA5A (N9966U), Augusta, MT, Destroyed. Made takeoff at high density altitude & gross wt maximum or higher. Unable to climb. Hit trees.

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