N78JC

Cancelled 2013

Deregistered aircraft · 1979 Sperling BD-4 · Lycoming 0-320 series

Cancelled: May 9, 2013
Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
Serial number: 638
Year built: 1979
Type: Fixed wing single engine
Engine: Reciprocating
Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
Airworthiness date: November 14, 1979
Certificate issued: March 5, 1984
Last registry action: March 1, 1987
Mode S code: AA8EF8
Owner when cancelled: Kimerly John C
Location: Rockford, IL
Owner type: Individual

Airframe modelSperling BD-4ADs, bulletins and aircraft registered now Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesTCDS E-274 · Reciprocating

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.

NTSB investigations · 1

Matched to this aircraft by N78JC and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

NTSB SEA84FA178Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportHenderson, NVWitnesses reported observing the acft depart to the ssw toward the mountains. The acft made a series of turns and banks to avoid a group of thunderstorm cells (air mass thunderstorms) in a direction of interstate highway 15. The acft was reported to have made…Jul 21, 1984 · Destroyed

FAA incident reports · 1

FAA accident and incident reports matched to this aircraft by N78JC and the event date: up to this one’s cancellation.

Accident 19840721033719AClimb · Henderson, NVLost control in turbulence from a nearby thunderstorm. Dived into ground in a vertical banked attitude.Jul 21, 1984 · Destroyed · 1 fatal