# N7917L: 1966 Beech A23-24, registration cancelled 2014-11-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: November 19, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226)
- Engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A1CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A1CE), [TCDS 1E10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: MA-100
- Year built: 1966
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal, utility
- Airworthiness date: August 5, 1966
- Certificate issued: December 6, 1974
- Last registry action: March 3, 2003
- Mode S code: AABF14
- Owner when cancelled: [Optimist Flyers Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OPTIMIST%20FLYERS%20INC)
- Location: [Birmingham, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Birmingham)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.5440° N, 83.2177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 48009, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7917L
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7917L
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7917L-2014-11-19

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 A23-24: https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24.md

## 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.

- [Incident 19820228022399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820228022399I), Feb 28, 1982: Beech A23 (N7917L), Troy, MI, Minor damage. Left gear hit rut turning off runway on landing roll. Airplane ground looped into a snowbank.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.