# N44680: 1946 Culver V, registration cancelled 1993-11-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 9, 1993
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Culver V](https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-v) (registry code 8730302)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-778](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-778) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: V-71
- Year built: 1946
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: March 8, 1993
- Mode S code: A56470
- Owner when cancelled: [Grovers Robert E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GROVERS%20ROBERT%20E)
- Location: [Carlsbad, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Carlsbad)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44680
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=44680
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44680-1993-11-09

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 Culver V: https://openairdocs.org/model/culver-v.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 FTW93LA261](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA261), Sep 17, 1993: Culver V (N44680), Carlsbad, NM, destroyed. Probable cause: AN INADVERTENT STALL WHEN THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. A FACTOR WAS A LEAKING O-RING IN THE PROPELLER GOVERNOR.

## 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 19930917034849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930917034849A), Sep 17, 1993: Supac V (N44680), Carlsbad, NM, Destroyed. Saw light colored smoke from cowling. Losing power. Struck wires and crashed returning. Prop governor o ring leak.

## Other aircraft with N44680

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44680): Powrachute PEGESUS, S/N A260PEG, built 2004

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