# N404AX: 1980 Israel Aircraft Industries KFIR-C2, registration cancelled 2018-01-18

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 18, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Israel Aircraft Industries KFIR-C2](https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-kfir-c2) (registry code 4500310)
- Engine: [GE J79-J1E](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-j79-j1e) (registry code 30161)
- Serial number: 130
- Year built: 1980
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Turbo-jet
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: December 20, 2007
- Certificate issued: October 30, 2009
- Last registry action: October 30, 2009
- Mode S code: A4BB93
- Owner when cancelled: [Airborne Tactical Advantage Co LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRBORNE%20TACTICAL%20ADVANTAGE%20CO%20LLC)
- Location: [Newport News, VA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/VA/Newport%20News)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 37.1134° N, 76.5179° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 23602, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404AX
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=404AX
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404AX-2018-01-18

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Israel Aircraft Industries KFIR-C2: https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-kfir-c2.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 DCA12PA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12PA049), Mar 6, 2012: Israel Aircraft Industries F21-C2 (N404AX), Fallon, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: fuel exhaustion following missed approaches due to deficient ATC handling under weather conditions which were significantly lower than forecast. The second missed approach may have been initiated due…

## 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 20120306005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120306005029A), Mar 6, 2012: Israel Aircraft Industries KFIR-C2 (N404AX), Fallon, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On March 6, 2012 at 0914 pacific standard time, an Israel Aircraft Industries (iai) kfir F-21C2 single-seat turbojet fighter, registration N404AX, operated by…

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