# N602SK: Airship Industries UK AIRSHIP 600, registration cancelled 2018-01-05

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 5, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Airship Industries UK AIRSHIP 600](https://openairdocs.org/model/airship-industries-uk-airship-600) (registry code 3850101)
- Engine: [Porsche 930-67](https://openairdocs.org/engine/porsche-930-67) (registry code 51003)
- Serial number: 1215/07
- Type of aircraft: Blimp/Dirigible
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 22, 1989
- Certificate issued: August 18, 1997
- Last registry action: January 19, 2012
- Mode S code: A7D047
- Owner when cancelled: [Airship Management Services Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIRSHIP%20MANAGEMENT%20SERVICES%20INC)
- Location: [Greenwich, CT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CT/Greenwich)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 41.0376° N, 73.6243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 06830, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602SK
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=602SK
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N602SK-2018-01-05

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 Airship Industries UK AIRSHIP 600: https://openairdocs.org/model/airship-industries-uk-airship-600.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 ATL90FA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90FA099), Apr 15, 1990: Airship Industries Airship 600 (N602SK), Creswell, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC IGNITION UNITS AS THE AIRSHIP TRAVERSED THE DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA BEAM OF A HIGH INTENSITY RADIATED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (HIRF). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE…

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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.

- [Incident 19980428013899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980428013899I), Apr 28, 1998: Airshp AIRSHIP600 (N602SK), Birmingham, AL, Minor damage. Narrative: on April 28, 1998, at approximately 1143 CST (1643 gmt), a airship industries model 600 airship N602SK operating as a 14 CFR 91 sight seeing and…
- [Incident 19911223062089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911223062089I), Dec 23, 1991: Airshp AIRSHIP600 (N602SK), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Blimp caught landing gear in fence approaching mooring mast. Had high sink rate and asymetrical thrust.
- [Accident 19900415013279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900415013279A), Apr 15, 1990: Airshp AIRSHIP600 (N602SK), Creswall, NC, Substantial damage. Both engines failed en route. Drifting, struck trees. Damaged landing in high wind. Ignition control units failed.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.