# N382RW: 1945 Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVI, registration cancelled 2002-02-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 11, 2002
- Exported to: United Kingdom
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported
- Airframe: [Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVI](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-supermarine-spitfire-mark-xvi) (registry code 9470122)
- Engine: [Rolls-Royce MERLIN](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-merlin) (registry code 54502)
- Serial number: CBAF11581
- Year built: 1945
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: October 13, 1997
- Last registry action: October 31, 2001
- Mode S code: A46444
- Location: [None, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/None)
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N382RW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=382RW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N382RW-2002-02-11

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 Vickers/Supermarine SPITFIRE MARK XVI: https://openairdocs.org/model/vickers-supermarine-spitfire-mark-xvi.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 LAX98LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA180), Jun 3, 1998: Vickers MK XVI (N382RW), Blue Canyon, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance and his VFR flight into instrument meteorological condition. Mountainous terran and obscurations are contributing factos. inadvertent flight…

## 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 19980603012299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980603012299A), Jun 3, 1998: N382RW, Blue Canyon, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Scud running in river Canyon encountered IMC. Wing hit trees trying to turn back in bottom of Canyon. (.4) on June 3, 1998, about 1045 hours pacific daylight…

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