# N4494X: Piper PA-28-140, registration cancelled 2000-08-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 17, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper PA-28-140](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (registry code 7102802)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 28-7625044
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: April 26, 1999
- Last registry action: December 20, 1999
- Mode S code: A56F06
- Owners when cancelled: [Simpson Brian K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIMPSON%20BRIAN%20K), [Simpson Jamie E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIMPSON%20JAMIE%20E)
- Location: [Wetumpka, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Wetumpka)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 32.6171° N, 86.1999° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 36092, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4494X
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4494X
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4494X-2000-08-17

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 Piper PA-28-140: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140.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 CHI00FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA090), Mar 18, 2000: Piper PA-28-140 (N4494X), Dighton, KS, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the inadvertent stall. Factors relating to this accident were the pilot's inadvertent flight into known adverse weather conditions, the icing conditions, and improper in-flight planning by the pilot.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 20000317010629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000317010629A), Mar 17, 2000: Piper PA28140 (N4494X), Dighton, KS, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) On 3/17/00 a Piper PA-28-140 departed the front range airport in denver co. enroute to the benton airport in benton, KS. The pilot requested and received…
- [Incident 19960208001469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960208001469I), Feb 8, 1996: Piper PA28140 (N4494X), Marshfield, WI, Minor damage. Narrative: throttle jammed. On February 8, 1996, at approximately 1730 (CST) Piper, PA28-140, N4449X, experienced a jammed throttle and made an emergency…

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