# N229GC: 1989 Socata TB21, registration cancelled 2023-04-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 7, 2023
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Socata TB21](https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21) (registry code 8680697)
- Engine: [Lycoming TIO-540-AB1AD](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ab1ad) (registry code 41997)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A51EU](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A51EU), [TCDS E14EA](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E14EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 871
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: June 11, 2009
- Certificate issued: November 30, 2009
- Last registry action: June 18, 2021
- Mode S code: A20309
- Owner when cancelled: [Aviazur Inc Trustee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AVIAZUR%20INC%20TRUSTEE)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7452° N, 75.5937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19805, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N229GC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=229GC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N229GC-2023-04-07

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 Socata TB21: https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tb21.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 GAA23WA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA084), Dec 28, 2022: Socata TB21 (N229GC), Saint-Pons, France, destroyed, 1 fatal

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