# N78L: 1973 Beech A100, registration cancelled 2009-11-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 24, 2009
- Status when cancelled: Expired dealer
- Airframe: [Beech A100](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a100) (registry code 1152915)
- Engine: [U/A Canada PT6A-27-28](https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-27-28) (registry code 61504)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A14CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A14CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: B-167
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Turbo-prop
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: May 17, 1973
- Last registry action: July 15, 1986
- Mode S code: AA8F27
- Owner when cancelled: [American Aviation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AMERICAN%20AVIATION)
- Location: [Brooksville, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Brooksville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 28.4779° N, 82.4327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 34604, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N78L
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=78L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78L-2009-11-24

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 Beech A100: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a100.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 MIA87LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA027), Nov 8, 1986: Beech A100 (N78L), Brooksville, FL, destroyed

## 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 19861108054109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861108054109A), Nov 8, 1986: Beech A100 (N78L), Brooksville, FL, Destroyed. Smoke in cockpit on takeoff. Returned to land. Ran off runway into fence and tree due to fog and smoke. Burned.

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