# N320WM: 1951 Dehavilland DHC-1 CHIPMUNK, registration cancelled 2021-01-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 9, 2021
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Dehavilland DHC-1 CHIPMUNK](https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-1-chipmunk) (registry code 2801704)
- Engine: [Lycoming AEIO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (registry code 41568)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1E4](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: E4801/485
- Year built: 1951
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: October 11, 1994
- Certificate issued: September 26, 2017
- Last registry action: September 26, 2017
- Mode S code: A37050
- Owner when cancelled: [Byers Roger Gene](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BYERS%20ROGER%20GENE)
- Location: [Lake Elmo, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Lake%20Elmo)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 44.9883° N, 92.8924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 55042, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N320WM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=320WM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320WM-2021-01-09

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 Dehavilland DHC-1 CHIPMUNK: https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-1-chipmunk.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 CHI95LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA288), Aug 19, 1995: de Havilland DHC-1 (N320WM), Hammond, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: an overload failure of the right horizontal support tube assembly which the pilot/owner had modified to be adjustable. A factor in the accident was the corn.

## 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 19950819025579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950819025579A), Aug 19, 1995: Dhav DHC1 (N320WM), Hammond, WI, Destroyed. Returning from aerobactics. Shacked violently. Landed cornfield. Nosed over. Modified tail support tubes bent. (-23) owner flying acrobatics, leveled off,…

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