# N850GB: 2005 Northwing Design APACHE SPORT, registration cancelled 2017-10-20

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 20, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Northwing Design APACHE SPORT](https://openairdocs.org/model/northwing-design-apache-sport) (registry code 05901DR)
- Engine: [Rotax 582E](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582e) (registry code 55557)
- Serial number: 51188
- Year built: 2005
- Type of aircraft: Weight-shift-control
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Light sport, weight-shift control
- Airworthiness date: April 24, 2007
- Certificate issued: April 12, 2011
- Last registry action: April 12, 2011
- Mode S code: ABA7F0
- Owner when cancelled: [Rahn Lowell L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RAHN%20LOWELL%20L)
- Location: [Newcastle, NE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NE/Newcastle)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 42.6533° N, 96.9279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 68757, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N850GB
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=850GB
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N850GB-2017-10-20

From the FAA registry file of November 7, 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 Northwing Design APACHE SPORT: https://openairdocs.org/model/northwing-design-apache-sport.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 CEN12LA634](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA634), Sep 14, 2012: North Wing Design Apache Sport (N850GB), Vermillion, SD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the weight-shift-control aircraft during initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin.

## 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 20120914019119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120914019119A), Sep 14, 2012: Northwing Design APACHE SPORT (N850GB), Vermillion, SD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On on 09/14/2012 at 1610 a Northwing Design, Apache Sport (experimental trike N850GB), was involved in a fatal accident during takeoff, climb out, during a…

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