# N2479M: Piper PA-12, registration cancelled 1993-11-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 24, 1993
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Piper PA-12](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12) (registry code 7101202)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-780](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-780) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 121556
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: October 22, 1990
- Last registry action: October 16, 1996
- Mode S code: A24D9F
- Owner when cancelled: [Harrells Aviation Service Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HARRELLS%20AVIATION%20SERVICE%20INC)
- Location: [Bainbridge, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Bainbridge)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 30.9049° N, 84.5730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bainbridge, GA, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2479M
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=2479M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2479M-1993-11-24

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 Piper PA-12: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-12.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 ATL93FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93FA012), Oct 17, 1992: Piper PA-12 (N2479M), Cedar Springs, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PRIVATE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE STALLING SPEED, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A PROPER ALTITUDE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT, LOW ALTITUDE STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTY WIND…

## 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 19921017042409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921017042409A), Oct 17, 1992: Piper PA12 (N2479M), Cedar Springs, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Observed in slow flight low over trees on photo flight. Wreckage indicates stall into open field.

## Other aircraft with N2479M

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2479M): Cessna 172S, S/N 172S10581

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