# N5578: Wikoff PHOTON, registration cancelled 1973-08-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 20, 1973
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Wikoff PHOTON](https://openairdocs.org/model/wikoff-photon) (registry code 0562506)
- Serial number: 001
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: September 15, 1972
- Mode S code: A71CDC
- Owner when cancelled: [Wikoof Peter E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WIKOOF%20PETER%20E)
- Location: [Detroit, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Detroit)
- Owner type: Partnership
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5578
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5578
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5578-1973-08-20

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 Wikoff PHOTON: https://openairdocs.org/model/wikoff-photon.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 CHI74FEM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEM01), Jul 1, 1973: Wikoff Photon (N5578), Ionia, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other aircraft with N5578

- [Cancelled 1950-01-09](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5578-1950-01-09): Lockheed ELECTRA 10-A, S/N 1144. Owner: [Wisconsin Central Airlines Inc Transair Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WISCONSIN%20CENTRAL%20AIRLINES%20INC%20TRANSAIR%20INC), [Madison, WI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WI/Madison)

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