# N117AC: Cessna 401A, registration cancelled 1997-02-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 19, 1997
- Status when cancelled: Second triennial mailing, no response
- Airframe: [Cessna 401A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (registry code 207590D)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A7CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A7CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 401A0040
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: June 6, 1990
- Last registry action: October 16, 1996
- Mode S code: A04637
- Owners when cancelled: [Rma Inc DBA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RMA%20INC%20DBA), [Spokane Airways](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SPOKANE%20AIRWAYS)
- Location: [Spokane, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Spokane)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 47.6588° N, 117.4260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spokane, WA, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117AC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=117AC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117AC-1997-02-19

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Cessna 401A: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 SEA96FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA040), Jan 9, 1996: Cessna 401A (N117AC), Spokane, WA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to follow proper IFR procedures, by failing to maintain proper alignment with the localizer course during the ILS approach and/or by failing to follow the proper missed approach…

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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 19960108000169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960108000169A), Jan 8, 1996: Cessna 401A (N117AC), Spokane, WA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Vectored for ILS approach, on landing, hit a building on short final. (.4)the pilot (plt) received abbreviated weather (wx) briefing for emergency medical…
- [Incident 19900303020769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900303020769I), Mar 3, 1990: Cessna 401A (N117AC), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Pilot stated he inadvertently forgot to place the landing gear down and landed gear up.
- [Incident 19870611040999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870611040999I), Jun 11, 1987: Cessna 401A (N117AC), Dalhart, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft struck an unmanned moving tractor mower during landing rollout at night.

## Other aircraft with N117AC

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117AC): Cessna 182L, S/N 18258609, built 1968

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