# N78BJ: Taylor SKYBOLT, registration cancelled 2007-11-21

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 21, 2007
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Taylor SKYBOLT](https://openairdocs.org/model/taylor-skybolt) (registry code 05655G1)
- Engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1E12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 100JT
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: May 12, 1988
- Certificate issued: September 15, 2004
- Last registry action: September 18, 2007
- Mode S code: AA8E4F
- Owner when cancelled: [Smith Lloyd V](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SMITH%20LLOYD%20V)
- Location: [Sharpsburg, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Sharpsburg)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 33.3753° N, 84.6492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 30277, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78BJ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78BJ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78BJ-2007-11-21

From the FAA registry file of November 12, 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 Taylor SKYBOLT: https://openairdocs.org/model/taylor-skybolt.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 ATL06LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA079), May 14, 2006: Taylor Skybolt (N78BJ), Sharpsburg, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control while conducting aerobatic flight. Factors in the accident were the pilot's ostentatious display, and lack of recent and total experience in type of operation.

## 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 20060514010949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060514010949A), May 14, 2006: Taylor SKYBOLT (N78BJ), Sharpsburg, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Examination of the wreckage revealed the aircraft collided with the top of several trees in a descending 45-degree nose down attitude on a heading of…

## Other aircraft with N78BJ

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78BJ): Robert E Johnson JUST ACFT HIGHLANDER, S/N JA216-09-10, built 2012

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