# N7868M: 1984 Aero Vodochody L39C, registration cancelled 2008-01-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 22, 2008
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Aero Vodochody L39C](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c) (registry code 05620RN)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 432846
- Year built: 1984
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, exhibition
- Airworthiness date: April 28, 1998
- Certificate issued: October 4, 1995
- Last registry action: December 18, 2007
- Mode S code: AAAA4C
- Owner when cancelled: [Air USA Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%20USA%20INC)
- Location: [Quincy, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Quincy)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.9282° N, 91.3439° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 62305, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7868M
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7868M
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7868M-2008-01-22

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Aero Vodochody L39C: https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-vodochody-l39c.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 CHI98FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98FAMS1), Jul 3, 1998: Aero Vodochody Aero. Works L-39C (N7868M), Traverse City, MI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined.

## 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 19980703016289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980703016289A), Jul 3, 1998: Aerovd L39C (N7868M), Traverse, MI, Damage unknown, 2 fatal. (.4)The airplane took off at 1831 EDT. At 1844 EDT, the tower controller asked the pilot of the airplane for a position report. The pilot replied that he was…

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