# N4488B: 1955 Cessna 170B, registration cancelled 2007-04-11

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 11, 2007
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 170B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (registry code 2072306)
- Engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A-799](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-799), [TCDS E-253](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 26832
- Year built: 1955
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: March 23, 1956
- Certificate issued: May 31, 1996
- Last registry action: February 20, 2007
- Mode S code: A56BC7
- Owner when cancelled: [Erb Wes S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ERB%20WES%20S)
- Location: [Chugiak, AK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AK/Chugiak)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 61.2993° N, 149.0212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 99567, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4488B
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4488B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4488B-2007-04-11

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 Cessna 170B: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b.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 ANC06FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC06FA048), Apr 23, 2006: Cessna 170B (N4488B), Chugiak, AK, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes during cruise flight, which resulted in their failure to see-and-avoid each other, and a subsequent midair collision.

## 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 20060423007091A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060423007091A), Apr 23, 2006: Cessna 170B (N4488B), Wasilla, AK, Destroyed, 4 fatal. (-23) On the morning of 04/23/2006 (time unknown) a Cessna 172 piloted by [privacy data omitted] departed from the birchwood Alaska airport for a…

## Other aircraft with N4488B

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4488B): Rans Designs S-21LS OUTBOUND, S/N 10180021, built 2019

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