# N7780: Fairchild KR-31, registration cancelled 2000-06-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 14, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Fairchild KR-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-kr-31) (registry code 3371402)
- Data sheets: [TCDS ATC 19](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/ATC%2019) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 223
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: March 20, 1974
- Last registry action: February 16, 2000
- Mode S code: AA8917
- Owner when cancelled: [Watson William F](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WATSON%20WILLIAM%20F)
- Location: [Collinsville, OK](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OK/Collinsville)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 36.3788° N, 95.8458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 74021, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7780
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7780
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7780-2000-06-14

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 Fairchild KR-31: https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-kr-31.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 FTW96FA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA234), Jun 1, 1996: Fairchild KR-31 (N7780), Bartlesville, OK, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of each pilot-in-command to maintain visual lookout. Factors were: the lack of each pilot-in-command obtaining/maintaining communication with the control tower, and inadequate lookout by…

## 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 19960601012221A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601012221A), Jun 1, 1996: Frchld KR31 (N7780), Bartlesville, OK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Both biplanes on base leg. Waco below suddenly made pullup colliding with the KR31. Both crashed and waco burned.

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