# N12ZW: 1978 Aero Tek ZUNI, registration cancelled 2018-01-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 11, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Aero Tek ZUNI](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-tek-zuni) (registry code 0130102)
- Engine: [NONE](https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (registry code 00000)
- Serial number: 12
- Year built: 1978
- Type of aircraft: Glider
- Engine type: None
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition, racing
- Airworthiness date: April 29, 1980
- Certificate issued: January 12, 1998
- Last registry action: January 19, 2010
- Mode S code: A053AD
- Owner when cancelled: [Applebay George](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/APPLEBAY%20GEORGE)
- Location: [Moriarty, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Moriarty)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.9520° N, 105.9094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 87035, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12ZW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=12ZW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12ZW-2018-01-11

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 Aero Tek ZUNI: https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-tek-zuni.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 ATL93LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA110), Jun 12, 1993: Aerotek Zuni (N12ZW), Brownsboro, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S MISJUDGMENT OF DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE WHICH RESULTED IN THE COLLISION WITH TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 19930612017959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930612017959A), Jun 12, 1993: Amtr ZUNI2 (N12ZW), Huntsville, AL, Substantial damage. High sink rate on final. Unchecked, landed in trees short of runway.

## Other aircraft with N12ZW

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12ZW): Embraer Executive EMB-505, S/N 50500248, built 2014

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