# N959RR: 2005 North Wing 17M, registration cancelled 2019-07-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 15, 2019
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [North Wing 17M](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-wing-17m) (registry code 05902XT)
- Engine: [Rotax 503 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-series) (registry code 55564)
- Serial number: 39713
- Year built: 2005
- Type of aircraft: Weight-shift-control
- Engine type: 2 cycle
- Airworthiness: Experimental, registered before 01/31/08
- Airworthiness date: September 1, 2007
- Certificate issued: February 4, 2016
- Last registry action: February 4, 2016
- Mode S code: AD579D
- Owner when cancelled: [Ellis Albert D](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ELLIS%20ALBERT%20D)
- Location: [Ellijay, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Ellijay)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 34.7281° N, 84.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 30540, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N959RR
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=959RR
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N959RR-2019-07-15

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 North Wing 17M: https://openairdocs.org/model/north-wing-17m.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 ERA18LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA188), Jul 9, 2018: Northwing 17 (N959RR), Section, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noncertificated pilot's failure to maintain control of the weight-shift-control aircraft during an aborted landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of flight experience in the…

## 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 20180709009469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180709009469A), Jul 9, 2018: North Wing 17M (N959RR), Section, AL, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. The pilot purchased the aircraft on 05/04/2018. The pilot asked his spouse to watch him taxi across the homebuilt grass strip runway in the back yard. The…

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