# N8490: 1973 Aerosport SCAMP WT-B1, registration cancelled 2013-09-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 26, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Aerosport SCAMP WT-B1](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerosport-scamp-wt-b1) (registry code 056279Q)
- Engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501)
- Serial number: 1
- Year built: 1973
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: April 12, 1979
- Certificate issued: May 23, 1986
- Last registry action: January 13, 2004
- Mode S code: ABA3A0
- Owner when cancelled: [Barnett Gary I](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BARNETT%20GARY%20I)
- Location: [North Palm Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/North%20Palm%20Beach)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 26.8409° N, 80.0521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33408, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8490
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8490
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8490-2013-09-26

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 Aerosport SCAMP WT-B1: https://openairdocs.org/model/aerosport-scamp-wt-b1.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 MIA94LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA143), May 17, 1994: Aerosport Scamp  WT-B1 (N8490), Lake  Wales, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED (VS) WHILE MANEUVERING RESULTING IN AN IN-FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL (INADVERTENT STALL) AND SUBSEQUENT IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.

## 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 19940517011219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940517011219A), May 17, 1994: Amtrai SCAMP (N8490), Lakes Wales, FL, Destroyed. Bought homebuilt. Towed to runway to taxi only. Took off stalled trying to land. No prior time in type.

## Other aircraft with N8490

- [Cancelled 1938-09-15](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8490-1938-09-15): Parks P-2-A, S/N 106. Owner: [The United Hetman Organizations Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/THE%20UNITED%20HETMAN%20ORGANIZATIONS%20INC), [Chicago, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Chicago)

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