# N7776W: Piper PA-28-180, registration cancelled 2000-05-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 1, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A13](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 28-1780
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: November 13, 1981
- Last registry action: July 31, 1997
- Mode S code: AA8647
- Owner when cancelled: [Chatham Robert L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHATHAM%20ROBERT%20L)
- Location: [Ruston, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Ruston)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 47.2920° N, 122.5177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 98407, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7776W
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7776W
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7776W-2000-05-01

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-28-180: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180.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 LAX99LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA068), Dec 25, 1998: Piper PA-28 (N7776W), Thermal, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The occurrence of an in-flight incapacitating heart rhythm to the pilot. A factor was the pilot's ingestion of over-the-counter medications that made him more susceptible to an abnormal heart rhythm.

## 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 19981225044049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981225044049A), Dec 25, 1998: Piper PA28180 (N7776W), Thermal, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19) On December 25, 1998, about 1344 hours pacific standard time, a Piper PA-28, N7776W, descended under unknown circumstances into the salton sea near…

## Other aircraft with N7776W

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7776W): Cirrus Design SF50, S/N 0013, built 2017

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