# N923RS: 1979 Piper PA-44-180, registration cancelled 2018-03-07

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 7, 2018
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Piper PA-44-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (registry code 7104402)
- Engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514)
- Data sheets: [TCDS A19SO](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A19SO) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 44-7995196
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: November 11, 1999
- Certificate issued: January 29, 2008
- Last registry action: July 1, 2013
- Mode S code: ACCAD7
- Owner when cancelled: [Atp Aircraft 2 LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ATP%20AIRCRAFT%202%20LLC)
- Location: [Wilmington, DE](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/DE/Wilmington)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 39.7376° N, 75.6671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 19808, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N923RS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=923RS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N923RS-2018-03-07

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 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-44-180: https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2004FA0000265](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2004FA0000265), Jan 29, 2004: FLOAT. SATURATED. PILOTS REPORTED THAT UPON LANDING THE LEFT ENGINE DIED AND THAT FUEL WAS DRIPPING FROM THE COWLING. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED LEFT ENGINE AND COULD NOT FIND FUEL LE

## 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 ERA14FA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA168), Mar 24, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N923RS), Brunswick, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: An inflight failure of the airplane's only operating vacuum pump, which resulted in the loss of attitude information provided by vacuum-driven flight instruments. Also causal was the pilots' failure…

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

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 20140324004839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140324004839A), Mar 24, 2014: Piper PA-44-180 (N923RS), Brunswick, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On March 24, 2014 about 1755 eastern daylight time (EDT), a Piper PA-44-180, N923RS, was destroyed when it broke up in flight following an inflight breakup and…
- [Incident 20030811020269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030811020269I), Aug 11, 2003: Piper PA44180 (N923RS), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) During a training flight, crew was simulating a left engine out landing on runway 25L. Crew reports they verified three green lights for the landing…
- [Incident 20020526012509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020526012509I), May 26, 2002: Piper PA44180 (N923RS), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to complete prelanding check list and landed gear up.

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