# N596D: Defelici Dan A KITFOX III, registration cancelled 2008-02-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 7, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Defelici Dan A KITFOX III](https://openairdocs.org/model/defelici-dan-a-kitfox-iii) (registry code 056184S)
- Serial number: 802
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: December 10, 2001
- Last registry action: December 18, 2007
- Mode S code: A7B3FC
- Owner when cancelled: [Pfister Aviation Ltd](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PFISTER%20AVIATION%20LTD)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.8187° N, 75.5062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19810, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N596D
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=596D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N596D-2008-02-07

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 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 Defelici Dan A KITFOX III: https://openairdocs.org/model/defelici-dan-a-kitfox-iii.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 CHI94LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA120), Mar 20, 1994: Defelici Kitfox  III (N596D), Oxford, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot-in-command (CFI) to maintain directional control. A factor related to the accident was the inadvertent interference with the flight controls by the student pilot.

## 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 19940320006519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940320006519A), Mar 20, 1994: Amtrdf KITFOX (N596D), Oxford, IA, Substantial damage. CFI landing wind gust lifted a wing unable level wings due student legs block control stick. Nosed over off runway.

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