# N294ND: Piper PA-44-180, registration cancelled 2000-12-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 18, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (registry code 7104402)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A19SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A19SO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 4496029
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: February 8, 2000
- Last registry action: February 8, 2000
- Mode S code: A30586
- Owner when cancelled: [University Of North Dakota](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNIVERSITY%20OF%20NORTH%20DAKOTA)
- Location: [Grand Forks, ND](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ND/Grand%20Forks)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 47.9215° N, 97.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 58202, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N294ND
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=294ND
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N294ND-2000-12-18

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-44-180: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180.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 CHI01FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01FA001), Oct 3, 2000: Piper PA-44-180 (N294ND), Rapid City, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Suicide

## 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 20001002042779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001002042779A), Oct 2, 2000: Piper PA44180 (N294ND), Rapid City, SD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Mr. Thomsen was doing touch and go's at the Rapid City Regional Airport (rap). He had given the controller a telephone number to call. Then just before…

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