# N18562: Beech 76, registration cancelled 1998-10-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 29, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Beech 76](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (registry code 1153005)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A29CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A29CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: ME431
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: July 27, 1987
- Last registry action: May 21, 1997
- Mode S code: A15684
- Owner when cancelled: [Purdue University](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PURDUE%20UNIVERSITY)
- Location: [West Lafayette, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/West%20Lafayette)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 40.4222° N, 86.9138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 47907, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18562
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=18562
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18562-1998-10-29

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 Beech 76: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76.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 CHI97FA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97FA290), Sep 12, 1997: Beech 76 (N18562), West Lafayette, IN, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the inadvertent stall. A related factor was the instructor pilot's failure to ensure the elevator trim was reset for takeoff.

## 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 19970912026489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912026489A), Sep 12, 1997: Beech 76 (N18562), Lafayette, IN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On takeoff during training flight, airborne, veered to right, crashed nose first into a field, end of runway. (-23) on takeoff aircraft reached approx. 100 ft…

## Other aircraft with N18562

- [Cancelled 1973-05-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18562-1973-05-29): Cessna 150L, S/N 15073943. Owner: [Princeton Aviation Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PRINCETON%20AVIATION%20CORP), [Princeton, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Princeton)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18562-undated): Stinson SR-8B, S/N 9800

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