# N4908D: Cessna 172N, registration cancelled 2000-04-06

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: April 6, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17272393
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: October 2, 1996
- Last registry action: October 6, 1997
- Mode S code: A6138C
- Owner when cancelled: [Laukaitis Kevin S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LAUKAITIS%20KEVIN%20S)
- Location: [Seabrook, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Seabrook)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 29.5845° N, 95.0396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 77586, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4908D
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4908D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4908D-2000-04-06

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 Cessna 172N: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n.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 FTW99FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA033), Nov 24, 1998: Cessna 172N (N4908D), Bacliff, TX, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his inability to maintain adequate altitude/clearance from the wire. Contributing to the accident were the fog, low…

## 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 19981124031909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981124031909A), Nov 24, 1998: Cessna 172N (N4908D), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Acft struck power lines and crashed. (.19)on November 24, 1998, approximately 1100 central standard time, a Cessna 172N airplane, N4908D, was destroyed when it…

## Other aircraft with N4908D

- [Cancelled 1975-08-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4908D-1975-08-14): Cessna 182A, S/N 51008. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Hollinshead D B](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HOLLINSHEAD%20D%20B), [Bullhead City, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Bullhead%20City)

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