# N12002: 1963 Raven Industries S45A, registration cancelled 1974-05-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 16, 1974
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Raven Industries S45A](https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-s45a) (registry code 7480109)
- Serial number: 101
- Year built: 1963
- Type of aircraft: Balloon
- Certificate issued: June 5, 1963
- Mode S code: A05625
- Owner when cancelled: [Raven Industries Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RAVEN%20INDUSTRIES%20INC)
- Location: [Sioux Falls, SD](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SD/Sioux%20Falls)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 43.5380° N, 96.6920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 57103, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12002
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=12002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12002-1974-05-16

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Raven Industries S45A: https://openairdocs.org/model/raven-industries-s45a.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 UNK64X3059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3059), Jul 26, 1964: Raven S-45 (N12002), Pittsburg, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal

## Other aircraft with N12002

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12002): Waco UBF, S/N 3619

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