# N78889: 1965 Mooney M20B, registration cancelled 1968-07-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 31, 1968
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Mooney M20B](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b) (registry code 5870206)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 2904
- Year built: 1965
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: March 9, 1965
- Mode S code: AAB1D0
- Owner when cancelled: [Chamberlain Howard Emil/Chamberlain Imogene K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHAMBERLAIN%20HOWARD%20EMIL%2FCHAMBERLAIN%20IMOGENE%20K)
- Location: [Corvallis, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Corvallis)
- Owner type: Partnership
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78889
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78889
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78889-1968-07-31

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 Mooney M20B: https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20b.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 SEA68F0016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68F0016), May 14, 1967: Mooney M20C (N78889), Pacific City, OR, destroyed

## Other aircraft with N78889

- [Cancelled 1969-01-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78889-1969-01-30): Mooney M20F, S/N 680170. Owner: [Chamberlain Howard E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHAMBERLAIN%20HOWARD%20E), [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)

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