# N6901K: Piper PA-20, registration cancelled 2012-10-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 16, 2012
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A4](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 20-3
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: August 27, 1997
- Last registry action: September 3, 2003
- Mode S code: A92D3B
- Owner when cancelled: [Grady Charles T](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GRADY%20CHARLES%20T)
- Location: [Talent, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Talent)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 42.1927° N, 122.8173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 97540, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6901K
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6901K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6901K-2012-10-16

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 Piper PA-20: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20.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 SEA87FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA87FA178), Aug 28, 1987: Piper PA-20 (N6901K), Chelan, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## 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 19870827048329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870827048329A), Aug 27, 1987: Piper PA20 (N6901K), Chelan, WA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Stalled trying to make runway while practicing a forced landing by turning magnetos off. Unauthorized auto fuel.

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