# N7780U: Cessna 172E, registration cancelled 1998-10-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 15, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Cessna 172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (registry code 2072412)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 17251780
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: April 28, 1997
- Last registry action: April 30, 1997
- Mode S code: AA892A
- Owner when cancelled: [Davis Brady Lee](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DAVIS%20BRADY%20LEE)
- Location: [Trinidad, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Trinidad)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 37.1853° N, 104.4136° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 81082, within about 16 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7780U
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7780U
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7780U-1998-10-15

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 Cessna 172E: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e.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 FTW98LA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA295), Jul 3, 1998: Cessna 172E (N7780U), Watkins, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate evaluation of the weather which resulted in an encounter with a microburst. Contributing was the airplane's climb capability exceeded by the microburst, and rising terrain.

## 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 19980702024449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980702024449A), Jul 2, 1998: Cessna 172E (N7780U), Denver, CO, Destroyed. Encountered severe unrecoverable downdraft on climbout. Collided rising terrain. Thunderstorm in area. (.4)the pilot landed at Front Range Airport, watkins,…

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