# N840GS: Spagnolo William D XE285, registration cancelled 2022-05-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 9, 2022
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Spagnolo William D XE285](https://openairdocs.org/model/spagnolo-william-d-xe285) (registry code 05637A0)
- Serial number: MXE1272A15B
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Kit: Innovator Technologies MOSQUITO XE285
- Certificate issued: January 28, 2019
- Last registry action: January 28, 2019
- Mode S code: AB8080
- Owner when cancelled: [Oldfather Theodore R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/OLDFATHER%20THEODORE%20R)
- Location: [North Manchester, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/North%20Manchester)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 40.9885° N, 85.7684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 46962, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N840GS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=840GS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N840GS-2022-05-09

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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 Spagnolo William D XE285: https://openairdocs.org/model/spagnolo-william-d-xe285.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 CEN20FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20FA098), Feb 23, 2020: Innovator Mosquitto (N840GS), North Manchester, IN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control for reasons that could not be determined based on the available information.

## 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 20200223002249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200223002249A), Feb 23, 2020: Spagnolo William D XE285 (N840GS), North Mancheste, IN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. On February 23, 2020, at approximately 18:06 eastern standard time (2308Z), N840GS, a registered experimental single place amateur built rotorcraft ? Spagnolo…

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