# N9121P: Piper PA-24-260, registration cancelled 1996-08-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 27, 1996
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1A15](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1A15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 244600
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: June 10, 1993
- Last registry action: June 19, 1996
- Mode S code: ACA0A2
- Owner when cancelled: [Falcon Rentals](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FALCON%20RENTALS)
- Location: [Colorado Springs, CO](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CO/Colorado%20Springs)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 38.7971° N, 104.6894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 80916, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9121P
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9121P
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9121P-1996-08-27

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 Piper PA-24-260: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260.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 FTW95FA402](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95FA402), Sep 25, 1995: Piper PA-24B-260 (N9121P), Westcliffe, CO, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FROM MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:…

## 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 19950924029999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950924029999A), Sep 24, 1995: Piper PA24260 (N9121P), Westcliffe, CO, Destroyed, 5 fatal. Warned of low ceilings and icing AIRMET en route. Departed anyway. Impacted near top of a ridge. Gross misjudgement

## Other aircraft with N9121P

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9121P): Air Tractor AT-602, S/N 602-0541, built 1999

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.