# N651WA: 2005 Wicks Air Center HORNET, registration cancelled 2018-01-25

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 25, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Wicks Air Center HORNET](https://openairdocs.org/model/wicks-air-center-hornet) (registry code 059003B)
- Engine: [Bombardier ROTAX (ALL)](https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (registry code 09050)
- Serial number: 0048
- Year built: 2005
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, registered before 01/31/08
- Airworthiness date: July 6, 2005
- Certificate issued: October 20, 2009
- Last registry action: October 20, 2009
- Mode S code: A89266
- Owner when cancelled: [Pearson William R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/PEARSON%20WILLIAM%20R)
- Location: [Leonard, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Leonard)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 33.4022° N, 96.2386° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 75452, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N651WA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=651WA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N651WA-2018-01-25

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 Wicks Air Center HORNET: https://openairdocs.org/model/wicks-air-center-hornet.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 CEN10LA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA041), Nov 7, 2009: Wicks Air Center Hornet (N651WA), Bonham, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control shortly after takeoff due to spatial disorientation in fog and/or low-level clouds.

## 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 20091107021499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091107021499A), Nov 7, 2009: Amtr HORNET (N651WA), Bonham, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On November 7, 2009, at 0800 central daylight time, a wicks air center, LLC Hornet, N651WA, impacted the ground near Jones Field Airport (F00) in Bonham,…

## Other aircraft with N651WA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N651WA): Sikorsky UH-60L, S/N 06-27093

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