# N78DR: Conn Robert/Jean RV-4, registration cancelled 2005-06-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 20, 2005
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Conn Robert/Jean RV-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/conn-robert-jean-rv-4) (registry code 056082Q)
- Serial number: 859
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: February 26, 1986
- Certificate issued: March 28, 1996
- Last registry action: May 17, 2005
- Mode S code: AA8E88
- Owner when cancelled: [Miller Larry D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MILLER%20LARRY%20D)
- Location: [Albuquerque, NM](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NM/Albuquerque)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 35.0614° N, 106.4712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 87123, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78DR
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78DR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78DR-2005-06-20

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 Conn Robert/Jean RV-4: https://openairdocs.org/model/conn-robert-jean-rv-4.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 DEN03LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA120), Jul 5, 2003: Conn Vans RV-4 (N78DR), Durango, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: partial propeller blade separation for reasons undetermined, and the pilot's misjudgment of distance and altitude during the forced landing approach that resulted in his overshooting the road on…

## 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 20030705012689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705012689A), Jul 5, 2003: Amtr RV4 (N78DR), Durango, CO, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot stated he departed Durango (dro), Colorado airport enroute to los lunas (E98), new Mexico airport on a pleasure flight. During his climb to…

## Other aircraft with N78DR

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78DR): Reed Derek VANS RV6A, S/N 22541, built 2007

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