# N9046J: Piper PA-23, registration cancelled 2014-09-29

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 29, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-23](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (registry code 7102302)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 23-867
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: January 15, 1957
- Certificate issued: January 16, 1979
- Last registry action: November 10, 1999
- Mode S code: AC813B
- Owner when cancelled: [Combs Franklin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/COMBS%20FRANKLIN)
- Location: [Boone, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Boone)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 36.2138° N, 81.6652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boone, NC, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9046J
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9046J
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9046J-2014-09-29

From the FAA registry file of November 5, 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 Piper PA-23: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23.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 IAD79FA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA082), Sep 16, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N9046J), Linville, NC, destroyed, 1 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 19790916034579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916034579A), Sep 16, 1979: Piper PA23 (N9046J), Linville, NC, Destroyed. Evidence indicates pilot operated aircraft VFR in adverse weather. Flew into the side of a fog-covered mountain.

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