# N173DC: 1957 Piper PA-23, registration cancelled 2006-05-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 17, 2006
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Piper PA-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (registry code 7102302)
- Engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 23-994
- Year built: 1957
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, showing compliance
- Certificate issued: March 12, 2003
- Last registry action: March 21, 2006
- Mode S code: A124A0
- Owners when cancelled: [Rogers Ben L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROGERS%20BEN%20L), [Rogers Karen Joyce](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ROGERS%20KAREN%20JOYCE)
- Location: [Albany, MO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MO/Albany)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 40.2517° N, 94.3231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 64402, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N173DC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=173DC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173DC-2006-05-17

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 Piper PA-23: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23.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 CHI05CA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA001), Oct 3, 2004: Piper PA-23-180 (N173DC), Beatrice, NE, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of right engine power undetermined reasons. Factors to the accident were the loss of engine power at a low altitude and below the single engine best rate of climb airspeed (Vyse), and the…

## 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 20041003035399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041003035399A), Oct 3, 2004: Piper PA23 (N173DC), Beatrice, NE, Destroyed. (-23) Right engine quit on climb from takeoff. Pilot attempted to land on highway. Aircraft bounced off highway and nosed into a berm along the ditch. Pilot…

## Other aircraft with N173DC

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N173DC): Textron 172S, S/N 172S11720, built 2016

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