# N8880R: Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3A, registration cancelled 1997-05-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 7, 1997
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3A](https://openairdocs.org/model/downer-bellanca-14-19-3a) (registry code 3080118)
- Serial number: 4242
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: April 1, 1988
- Last registry action: March 19, 1997
- Mode S code: AC3DF5
- Owners when cancelled: [Smith Gene](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SMITH%20GENE), [Powdrill Gary L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/POWDRILL%20GARY%20L)
- Location: [Indianapolis, IN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IN/Indianapolis)
- Owner type: Partnership
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7882° N, 85.9770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 46229, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8880R
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8880R
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8880R-1997-05-07

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 Downer BELLANCA 14-19-3A: https://openairdocs.org/model/downer-bellanca-14-19-3a.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 ATL88DMG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DMG05), Apr 8, 1988: Bellanca 14-19-3A (N8880R), Boone, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal

## 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 19880408008119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880408008119A), Apr 8, 1988: Blanca 14193A (N8880R), Boone, NC, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flew into side of a fog obscured mountain only 400 yards below top. Aircraft burned. Had received weather briefing.

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