# N9243S: 1996 Memphis Airships ZEPHYR 500, registration cancelled 2013-08-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 8, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Memphis Airships ZEPHYR 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/memphis-airships-zephyr-500) (registry code 05602GW)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 001
- Year built: 1996
- Type of aircraft: Blimp/Dirigible
- Airworthiness: Experimental, research and development
- Airworthiness date: October 3, 1996
- Last registry action: September 8, 2006
- Mode S code: ACCFD8
- Location: [Terra Ceia, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Terra%20Ceia)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 27.5752° N, 82.5902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 34250, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9243S
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9243S
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9243S-2013-08-08

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 Memphis Airships ZEPHYR 500: https://openairdocs.org/model/memphis-airships-zephyr-500.md

## 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.

- [Incident 19960430008939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960430008939I), Apr 30, 1996: N9243S, St Petersburg, FL, Destroyed. Blimp was tied down, gust of wind broke the tether line, hit a building.

## Other aircraft with N9243S

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9243S-undated): Beech C23, S/N M1731. Triennial form not returned

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