# N78889: Mooney M20F, registration cancelled 1969-01-30

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 30, 1969
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Mooney M20F](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (registry code 5870214)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 680170
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: August 19, 1968
- Mode S code: AAB1D0
- Owner when cancelled: [Chamberlain Howard E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHAMBERLAIN%20HOWARD%20E)
- Location: [Seattle, WA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WA/Seattle)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78889
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78889
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78889-1969-01-30

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 M20F: https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f.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 OAK69A0022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0022), Oct 17, 1968: Mooney M20F (N78889), Cotage Grove, OR, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other aircraft with N78889

- [Cancelled 1968-07-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78889-1968-07-31): Mooney M20B, S/N 2904, built 1965. Owner: [Chamberlain Howard Emil/Chamberlain Imogene K](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CHAMBERLAIN%20HOWARD%20EMIL%2FCHAMBERLAIN%20IMOGENE%20K), [Corvallis, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Corvallis)

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